Juan Orlando Hernández: Honduran ex-leader extradited to US

Former Honduran President extradited to New York

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez landed Thursday evening in New York in handcuffs and escorted by US law enforcement officers as he was being extradited to stand trial for drug trafficking.

US extradites former Honduran president Hernandez to face drug charges

The U.S. extradited the former president of Honduras to face federal drug charges. Juan Hernandez is accused of helping traffic 500,000 tons of cocaine.

Ex-president faces drug trafficking trial in US

NEW YORK: Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez was extradited to the United States Thursday (Friday in Manila) to stand trial for allegedly aiding the smuggling of hundreds of tons of cocaine to America and receiving millions of dollars in bribes.The 53-year-old, whose 2014 to 2022 stint as president, was plagued by allegations of corruption, risks spending the rest of his life in prison if convicted.Agence France-Presse (AFP) witnes…

Honduras ex-president extradited to US on drug trafficking charges

On Thursday, former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández was extradited to the U.S. where he will face drug trafficking and weapons charges. Mr. Hernández, who governed from January 2014 to January 2022, was arrested in Tegucigalpa in February.

Honduras ex-president Hernández to face charges in US court

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was expected to make a virtual appearance in federal court in New York on Friday to face drug trafficking and weapons chargesafter h…

Ex-Honduran President Extradited to the U.S.

“Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández was loaded onto a Drug Enforcement Administration plane Thursday and extradited to the United States, where the onetime U.S. ally faces federal drug and weapons charges on allegations he accepted millions of dollars to protect massive shipments of cocaine,” the Washington Post reports.“The precipitous fall of Hernández, who was president from 2014 until January, has stunned citizens in this Centr…