Juan Orlando Hernández: Honduran ex-leader extradited to US

A former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, has been extradited to the United States to face charges of drug trafficking and money laundering.

Mr Hernández, who governed the Central American nation until January, was put on board a US Drug Enforcement Administration plane for New York.

He was arrested at his home just weeks after his second term in office ended.

The ex-leader has denied wrongdoing, arguing that disgruntled drug traffickers are trying to frame him.

Mr Hernández is facing charges of:

1- conspiracy to import a controlled substance into the US
2- using or carrying firearms including machine guns
3- conspiracy to use or carry firearms

In a video posted on his wife's Twitter account, he denied the allegations, saying: "I am innocent. I have been subjected to an unfair trial."

In a statement, the US Department of Justice said Mr Hernández would make his first appearance before a New York court on Friday.

US Attorney Damian Williams said the former president had "partnered with some of the world's most prolific narcotics traffickers to build a corrupt and brutally violent empire based on the illegal trafficking of tons of cocaine".

The head of the Drugs Enforcement Administration (DEA), Anne Milgram, called Mr Hernández "a central figure in one of the largest and most violent cocaine trafficking conspiracies in the world".

The 53-year-old's legal troubles were triggered by the trial against his younger brother Tony, a former member of the Honduran Congress, who was sentenced to life in prison last year.

During Tony Hernández's trial in New York, prosecutors alleged that the infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán had personally handed the younger Hernández $1m (£765,000).

According to the prosecutors, "El Chapo" told Tony Hernández to pass the money on to his older brother, Juan Orlando, to finance the latter's presidential campaign.

Juan Orlando Hernández is accused of having accepted millions of dollars in bribes during his eight years as president in exchange for protecting drug traffickers from investigation, arrest and extradition.

In its extradition request, the US outlined some of the allegations in more detail, accusing the former president of "participating in a violent drug trafficking conspiracy to receive shipments of multiple tonnes of cocaine sent to Honduras from Colombia and Venezuela and other locations by air or sea routes".

The request alleges that the drugs - amounting to a total of 500 tonnes since 2004 - were then transported to the Guatemala border and from there to the US.

Mr Hernández has denied the allegations, arguing that he fought drug traffickers with all the means at his disposal.

The former president - who was elected to the office in 2014 - says that the evidence against him was fabricated by drug traffickers out for revenge after his government extradited them to the US.

He has been in police custody since his arrest on 15 February.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-61174692.amp

So you weren't dirty.

Well face the case in a US Court, and free yourself.

Johnny Depp is doing his.

So Honduras isn't a soveign country anymore?

When will they extradite any US ex-presidents for their atrocities in other countries??

Nurudeen06:
So Honduras isn't a soveign country anymore?

It's a sovereign nation...

But both nations signed a common extradition treaty agreement...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_extradition_treaties

KillerCrocodile:


It's a sovereign nation...

But both nations signed a common extradition treaty agreement...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_extradition_treaties

Unsurprisingly, Russia no dey. And most countries outside western Europe had these "agreements" when the whites were colonizing them.

... What a shame


just surrender your former number 1, just like that

But this is stupid sh.it,they should have give him the honor of being their former president and sentence him in their Homeland themselves.

This shit can happen among the whites,it is only non white countries full of this sh.it

compton11:
But this is stupid sh.it,they should have give him the honor of being their former president and sentence him in their Homeland themselves.

This shit can happen among the whites,it is only non white countries full of this sh.it

The alleged crime was committed in the United States....

They can't try or sentence him in Honduras because there is no evidence against him there...

The best they could have done for him was to prevent the extradition to the United States....

KillerCrocodile:


The alleged crime was committed in the United States....

They can't try or sentence him in Honduras because there is no evidence against him there...

The best they could have done for him was to prevent the extradition to the United States....

but the man is their former president,they should have honor him.

compton11:
but the man is their former president,they should have honor him.

Lol...

The same way Buhari honoured Dariye and Nyame...

That is aiding and abetting corruption

or Kwaruption in Buhari's voice..

if this president was Nigerian, Nigerian police nor fit touch am


Infact, they would offer protection after the Commonwealth of the citizens had been looted by same person.

KillerCrocodile:


Lol...

The same way Buhari honoured Dariye and Nyame...

That is aiding and abetting corruption

or Kwaruption in Buhari's voice..

in taking about being former Head of state extracted to US

This is what happens when you fight against the United States as the president of the country and finally loose to a new government either sponsored by the CIA or a group favourable to American interests. They'll come for you.. Yet, Irrespective of the crime if any, it's the height of national humiliation to surrender either your sitting or ex president to another country, when you have your own judicial system to prosecute him for any crimes committed! No other region of the world will feel even more offended by such than the South Americans, who suffered untold hardship in the hands of the United States for decades. These kinds of events sends shivers down the spines of other presidents, especially the nationalistic ones, who will feel forced to dance to the whims and caprices of the West, irrespective of the fact that such moves shortchanges the political and economic fortunes of their respective countries.

They will now put him through a kangaroo court while pretending they have the best judicial system in the world. He will either be jailed for life or for decades and his ultimates demystification will be used in diplomatic circles to mentally blackmail other heady leaders elsewhere while forcing them to kowtow to Western demands as it regards how they run their respective countries. Noriega was a CIA man but when he threatened them as the president of Panama, the Americans invaded Panama and got him arrested over drug charges! He had to spend almost the rest of his life in The US prisons and when he was released while in his 70, they then handed over to the French for another round of judicial merry go round! By the time he got back to Panama, it was to prepare his burial. All these happened while George Bush and Barak Obama walk free after their crimes against humanity in Iraq and Libya! After Ronald Reagan got away with bombing Libya for fun and after the West created both ISIS and alqaeda as tools to achieve their personal foreign policy goals..

Rugaria:
This is what happens when you fight against the United States as the president of the country and finally loose to a new government either sponsored by the CIA or a group favourable to American interests. They'll come for you.. Yet, Irrespective of the crime if any, it's the height of national humiliation to surrender either your sitting or ex president to another country, when you have your own judicial system to prosecute him for any crimes committed! No other region of the world will feel even more offended by such than the South Americans, who suffered untold hardship in the hands of the United States for decades. These kinds of events sends shivers down the spines of other presidents, especially the nationalistic ones, who will feel forced to dance to the whims and caprices of the West, irrespective of the fact that such moves shortchanges the political and economic fortunes of their respective countries.

They will now put him through a kangaroo court while pretending they have the best judicial system in the world. He will either be jailed for life or for decades and his ultimates demystification will be used in diplomatic circles to mentally blackmail other heady leaders elsewhere while forcing them to kowtow to Western demands as it regards how they run their respective countries. Noriega was a CIA man but when he threatened them as the president of Panama, the Americans invaded Panama and got him arrested over drug charges! He had to spend almost the rest of his life in The US prisons and when he was released while in his 70, they then handed over to the French for another round of judicial merry go round! By the time he got back to Panama, it was to prepare his burial. All these happened while George Bush and Barak Obama walk free after their crimes against humanity in Iraq and Libya! After Ronald Reagan got away with bombing Libya for fun and after the West created both ISIS and alqaeda as tools to achieve their personal foreign policy goals..

Did you even read the original post at all?

The president was thrown under the bus by his own blood brother. Perhaps, you are friends with the ex president, or you know him more than his younger brother.

This your epistle/fiction get as e be. Zero facts or evidences to back up your claims.

muhammaduyusufu:

Did you even read the original post at all?

The president was thrown under the bus by his own blood brother.

instead you decide to write an epistle on history lesson

People like you will always be manipulated to believe anything because it was started by the West. The man told you he is innocent but you won't accept that. You will rather accept the stories by his socalled brother who has been jailed for life by the present regime in Honduras, who are obviously fighting this man. Why do you want me to believe his brother but not him? Do you know his brother or the history surrounding him?

And if you're so naive to think that blood relationship counts much in international politics, let me remind you that in the 90s, the west actually got the father of the present Emir of Qatar to overthrow his own father who was visiting France at the time as The Emir of Qatar. He did overthrow his father in a bloodless coup and went on to rule Qatar for almost two decades before handing over to his son. Dad lived in exile for sometime.

Bottom line:
Face the facts and exorcise yourself of every emotional attachments if you want to survive as a leader of any developing country that attracts Western interests. Most of these South American leaders are being hounded for their pro Venezuela/pro socialism/pro South America stands while in power. What their brothers and uncles say afterwards means absolutely nothing to any thinking head..

When Merrick Garland announced the exradiction of Hernandez, I was happy.This person deals with narcotics to enrich himself and maintain power.

Rugaria:


People like you will always be manipulated to believe anything because it was started by the West. The man told you he is innocent but you won't accept that. You will rather accept the stories by his socalled brother who has been jailed for life by the present regime in Honduras, who are obviously fighting this man. Why do you want me to believe his brother but not him? Do you know his brother or the history surrounding him?

And if you're so naive to think that blood relationship counts much in international politics, let me remind you that in the 90s, the west actually got the father of the present Emir of Qatar to overthrow his own father who was visiting France at the time as The Emir of Qatar. He did overthrow his father in a bloodless coup and went on to rule Qatar for almost two decades before handing over to his son. Dad lived in exile for sometime.

Bottom line:
Face the facts and exorcise yourself of every emotional attachments if you want to survive as a leader of any developing country that attracts Western interests. Most of these South American leaders are being hounded for their pro Venezuela/pro socialism/pro South America stands while in power. What their brothers and uncles say afterwards means absolutely nothing to any thinking head..

No need for long epistle.

So the government of Honduras should let the drug baron brother go because he is related to an ex-president. The Nigeria brain in you working hard to justify a crime and let the criminal go free.

If you commit a drug crime with your brother, and your brother confesses to the police that you both committed the crime. No one would hear that he is your "so called" brother. Police would drag you sir.

He was arrested in his country. No one forced law enforcement in his country to bound him up and send him to the US.

Even as small as Nigeria is, Buruji Kashamu was not sent off to the USA and the USA did nothing about it.

muhammaduyusufu:

No need for long epistle.

So the government of Honduras should let the drug baron brother go because he is related to an ex-president. The Nigeria brain in you working hard to justify a crime and let the criminal go free.

If you commit a drug crime with your brother, and your brother confesses to the police that you both committed the crime. No one would hear that he is your "so called" brother. Police would drag you sir.

He was arrested in his country. No one forced law enforcement in his country to bound him up and send him to the US.

Even as small as Nigeria is, Buruji Kashamu was not sent off to the USA and the USA did nothing about it.

I know your problem. You are in a very big predicament...
Na inferiority complex dey worry you but you don't know. "America must be right" mentality.. How am I defending the man from purnishment?
Are there no prisons in Honduras?
Is the Honduras supreme court located in Washington DC?
Is Honduras not a sovereign state?
Will any US president be extradited to Honduras irrespective of the crime?
And why can't you see that in this case a bigger and more powerful country is using her global influence, power an clouth to more or else dictate to another sovereign country?

Did I tell you that he should not be tried and jailed in his country if found guilty beyond reasonable doubt? So what's the cross of your useless vituperations?
I have met your type here several times and I only have pity for you guys. You lot come from some particular sections of this country beholden to a command and control feudal set up. It makes you get upset with anybody trying to question whatever you consider to be "greater authorities", even if such rebuke will help you personally in the end..
Firstly, Go and free your mind from mental slavery, before pontificating on issues you lack adequate grasp of...

Rugaria:


I know your problem. You are in a very big predicament...
Na inferiority complex dey worry you but you don't know. "America must be right" mentality.. How am I defending the man from purnishment?
Are there no prisons in Honduras?
Is the Honduras supreme court located in Washington DC?
Is Honduras not a sovereign state?
Will any US president be extradited to Honduras irrespective of the crime?
And why can't you see that in this case a bigger and more powerful country is using her global influence, power an clouth to more or else dictate to another sovereign country?

Did I tell you that he should not be tried and jailed in his country if found guilty beyond reasonable doubt? So what's the cross of your useless vituperations?
I have met your type here several times and I only have pity for you guys. You lot come from some particular sections of this country beholden to a command and control feudal set up. It makes you get upset with anybody trying to question whatever you consider to be "greater authorities", even if such rebuke will help you personally in the end..
Firstly, Go and free your mind from mental slavery, before pontificating on issues you lack adequate grasp of...

More emotional rants with zero substance.

This is what happens when people's brains are cobweb of conspiracy theories.

This Honduras ex-president won't be the first criminal to be extradited amongst countries and there would be more after him.

like I mentioned earlier. Honduras is not under duress to extradite the criminal. Nigeria is a shithole country yet we did not get freigtened by uncle Sam to extradite Kasamu (A senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria).

Cry us a river criminal lover

Owopariola01:


Unsurprisingly, Russia no dey.

And most countries outside western Europe had these "agreements" when the whites were colonizing them.

Russia and America are normally Tom and Jerry.... No love

But there are recent cases where Russia had to extradite some fellows because of Cybercrimes...

The United States made the request and Putin's Russia granted it...