Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández is wanted for extradition by the US, it was announced yesterday.
Update: It was reported this afternoon that former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was arrested at his home in Tegucigalpa in handcuffs by the Honduran National Police. He will then be presented to a judge to determine his extradition status to the U.S.
The Honduran Supreme Court will have to analyze the request made by the North American country in which it must decide on a temporary arrest and lead to extradition.
Extradition is the formal process by which a State surrenders an individual to another State to be tried or punished for crimes committed in the jurisdiction of the requesting country. It is usually made possible by a bilateral or multilateral treaty. Some States extradite without a treaty, but such cases are rare.
The US justice system is seeking former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández "for drug trafficking and firearms offenses."
Earlier, the Secretary of State announced that it had revoked his visa to enter the US through his secretary, Antony Blinken.
The president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Rolando Argueta, urgently summoned the magistrates for a session at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, February 15, in which the natural judge who will hear the extradition request sent by the United States Embassy will be designated.
Juan Orlando Hernández is the second former Honduran president to be requested for extradition by the United States government. The first was Rafael Leonardo Callejas, 1990-1994, of the National Party.
