Honduras Detains Former President on US. Extradition Warrant

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Friday, February 18, 2022
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
38
Issue: 
3
Abstract: 

On February 15, 2022, Honduran law enforcement authorities arrested former President Juan Orlando Hernández on an extradition warrant from the United States.  The extradition warrant alleges he participated in a “violent drug-trafficking conspiracy.”[1]



[1]    Joan Suazo and Anatoly Kurmanaev, Former Honduras President Detained after a U.S. Extradition Request, N.Y. Times, Feb. 15, 2022.