TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS.- Hermés Ramírez, lawyer for John Orlando Hernandezassured that the former president is at home in the capital and his rights are being violated following the extradition request issued by the United States governmentnews confirmed by CNN.
“Type 4 or 5 through Twitter we became aware of the extradition request, there is at this moment in front of the home of President Hernández representatives of the Secretary of Security and I want to say that it is not the procedure established by law. At this time, the people and work team of the president or the Human Rights Commissioner are not allowed to enter, because of the hours it is an action contrary to law and there is an outrage over the magnitude of wanting to make an arrest warrant when the Court you must do the errands first, ”he told TN5.
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Ramírez distorted that the former president is in Nicaragua how it has been handled, he has been working on the defense strategy, he assured.
“Of course, we have been in the followingnoon and working on the legal strategy, we have been at his home, through the representatives of the authorities an order was given. At this time it is to make the situation clear since there is an outrage once morest my client and they do not allow the lawyers to enter as Felix Avila”.
“No type of procedure has been made known and no natural judge has been appointed, according to the procedure a natural judge must be appointed and not in the way in which it is being done, they are trampling on the rights of my client,” he added. .
When asked if Hernández has immunity for being a deputy of the Central American Parliament, he assured that “he enjoys -immunity- for being a Parlacen deputy and the principle of innocence prevails, they are arbitrary situations. Invoking community law, she enjoys immunity, the human rights commissioner is not allowed to come. These arguments and others must be made known and put before the natural judge who will decide the condition of my client, the arrest warrant does not correspond, there are no minimum guarantees.
The lawyer emphasized that the former president’s rights are being violated because “the situation is as follows: they have a fence around the neighborhood, today I have been working with President Hernández on the requests made and following what was reported by The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was not surprised either. The rights of President Hernández are being disrespected, my representative is in his home, what is being done is unconstitutional. The authorities are a block away, this must be verified through rights and through the international community what they want to do”.