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Lawyer: Ex-Honduran president held like a 'prisoner of war'

The lawyer for Juan Orlando Hernández says the former Honduran president is being held like a prisoner of war in a federal jail in New York

The Independent UK

Ex-president of Honduras extradited to US on drugs charges

Juan Orlando Hernández accused of involvement with drug cartels and related weapons charges

The Guardian - UK

Honduras ex-president Hernández extradited to US

Honduras has extradited former President Juan Orlando Hernández to the United States to face drug trafficking and weapons charges

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Judge orders extradition of Honduras' former police chief

A judge in Honduras has ordered the extradition to the United States of the country’s former national police chief on drug trafficking and weapons charges

The Independent UK

Taiwan needs to pick better allies

In the same week that Taiwanese took to the streets to repudiate Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Taiwan's leaders rolled out the red carpet for a visit by former US President Donald Trump's secretary of state, Mike Pompeo. This is the same man who, together with Mr Trump, withheld military aid…

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Honduras court seizes ex-president's properties

A court in Honduras has authorized prosecutors to seize properties, bank accounts and vehicles linked to former President Juan Orlando Hernández

The Independent UK

Honduras' Supreme Court approves extraditing ex-president

Honduras' Supreme Court has approved the extradition of former President Juan Orlando Hernández to the United States to face drug trafficking and weapons charges

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EXPLAINER: Ex-Honduras president step closer to extradition

A judge in Honduras has ruled that former President Juan Orlando Hernández should be extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking and weapons charges

The Independent UK

Honduras judge grants U.S. extradition request for former President Juan Orlando Hernández

He's expected to face drug trafficking and weapons charges in the U.S. and denies any wrongdoing.

Axios

Honduras judge says ex-president can be extradited to US

A judge in Honduras has ruled that former President Juan Orlando Hernández should be extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking and weapons charges

The Independent UK

Long-feared Honduran police chief now facing US extradition

The former head of Honduras’ National Police now facing extradition to the United States on drug trafficking and weapons charges was a long-feared figure, as well as an ally of the U.S. government in its war on drugs

The Independent UK

Ex-Honduran national police chief wanted in US arrested

A former head of Honduras’ national police who was sought by United States prosecutors on drug and weapons charge has been arrested

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Honduras prosecutor: Ex-president's offices swept of papers

A federal prosecutor in Honduras says an anti-corruption team from the Attorney General’s Office visited presidential offices a week after President Juan Orlando Hernández stepped down and found paper shredders and none of the financial documents they were looking for

The Independent UK

Honduras high court rejects house arrest for ex-president

Honduras’ Supreme Court of Justice has denied the appeal of former President Juan Orlando Hernández to be held under house arrest during his extradition process

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EXPLAINER: Ex-Honduras leader long in US prosecutors' sights

Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández was arrested at the request of the United States on drug trafficking charges Tuesday and a Honduran judge will decide if he is eventually extradited to stand trial in the U.S. While Hernández was president, he was untouchable for Honduras’ co-opted justice system and…

The Independent UK

A stunning fall for ex-Honduran president wanted in US

The arrest of former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández and the images that followed — a leader shackled and paraded before cameras like a common criminal — are a stunning reversal for a man who for years seemed impervious to growing allegations of corruption

Los Angeles Times

Once celebrated by American leaders, former Honduran president now sought on US drug charges

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — For years, U.S. officials faced an uncomfortable dilemma: The president of Honduras was one of Washington’s top allies in Central America — but evidence was mounting that he was also a drug trafficker.

The Guardian - US

Ex-president arrested in Honduras as US requests extradition on drugs charges

Juan Orlando Hernández, once a key US ally in Central America, handcuffed and taken away in Tegucigalpa

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U.S. asks Honduras to arrest and extradite former President Juan Orlando Hernández

Honduras police officers have surrounded his home, per Reuters.

The Independent UK

US asks Honduras to arrest, extradite ex-President Hernández

After years of speculation in Honduras, the United States formally requested the arrest and extradition of former President Juan Orlando Hernández less than three weeks after he left office

The Independent UK

US asks Honduras to arrest, extradite ex-President Hernández

The United States has requested the arrest of former President Juan Orlando Hernández for his eventual extradition to the U.S. On Monday afternoon, Honduras’ foreign affairs ministry said via Twitter that it had notified the country’s Supreme Court of Justice that the U.S. Embassy had formally requested the arrest of…

The Independent UK

Ex-Honduran leader placed on US list of corrupt officials

The Biden administration last year quietly placed former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández on a classified list of officials suspected of corruption or undermining democracy in Central America

The Independent UK

Honduras' next president to be sworn in amid uncertainty

Xiomara Castro is scheduled to be sworn in Thursday as Honduras’ first female president, facing high expectations to turn around the deeply troubled country amid uncertainty about whether an unfolding legislative crisis will allow her the support she needs

The Guardian - US

Honduran president’s fall from grace poised to end in US indictment

As his term ends, Juan Orlando Hernández could be extradited on drug charges to the country that once saw him as a key ally

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The Restoration of Democracy in Honduras Isn’t About China — Or Taiwan

Pundits tend to interpret the victory of any leftwing political force in Latin America as a geopolitical triumph for China — and so an existential threat to Taiwan. But this myopic and self-defeating perspective doesn’t hold up under scrutiny.

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