US EditionHonduras AG issues international arrest warrant for pardoned ex-president Hernandez
The arrest warrant targets Hernández for money laundering and fraud linked to the Pandora II corruption case involving nearly $12 million, Attorney General Johel Zelaya said.
- On Monday, Honduras attorney general Johel Antonio Zelaya announced he instructed the Agencia Técnica de Investigación Criminal and urged Interpol to execute an international arrest warrant for former President Juan Orlando Hernández.
- His US conviction and sentence reflect a 45-year term for drug trafficking, while domestic probes charge Juan Orlando Hernández and several former Honduran officials with alleged misappropriation of more than $12m in state funds.
- Prosecutors in New York accused Hernández of three drug- and weapons-related offences, and alleged he used his presidency to transform Honduras into a 'narco-state'.
- The timing raises election stakes as Donald Trump urged support for Nasry 'Tito' Asfura, who held 40.52 percent with roughly 42,100 votes lead while counts paused at 88 percent.
- Beyond the warrant, prosecutors note the case could deepen political instability and strain ties between Honduras and the United States, while Hernández's wife says he is in a 'safe place' in the US.
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In Honduras, the Attorney General's Office wants to arrest former head of state Hernández.
Honduras issues arrest warrant for ex-president Hernández recently pardoned by Trump
Honduras’s attorney general said he has issued an arrest warrant for former President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was freed from US federal prison last week after being pardoned by President Donald Trump.
Honduras seeks arrest of former president freed by Trump
The country's attorney general said former president Juan Orlando Hernandez will be arrested to uphold justice. The former president was pardoned by US President Donald Trump after being convicted of drug trafficking
"We have been lacerated by the tentacles of corruption and by criminal networks," says the U.S. Attorney General. More information: Trump's threats and the memory of the dead in 2017 stir the count in Honduras among fraud allegations
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