The former president of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández was captured this Tuesday at his home in Tegucigalpa and allegedly transferred to give his first statement before a natural judge who ordered his arrest, following the US requested it on Monday, with extradition purposesfor drug trafficking among other crimes.
Hernández was captured under a rigorous security device that since Monday night surrounded his residence in an elegant area of the Honduran capital.
The capture operation headed it the Minister of Security, Ramón Sabillón.
The former governor was handcuffed at the hands and feet in front of the entrance gate of his residence.
Hernández left his house covered with a blue cap and a mask of the same color following 2:00 pm, and police officers immediately put a bulletproof vest on him and proceeded to handcuff his hands and feet.
They then put him in an armored vehicle and took him to a National Police unit where he would be giving his first preliminary statement, as part of the judicial extradition process.
A conspiracy that includes Colombia and Venezuela
The US embassy in Tegucigalpa said Tuesday that the former Honduran president “participated in a violent drug trafficking conspiracy to receive shipments of multiple tons of cocaine sent to Honduras from Colombia and Venezuela, among other places.”
The drug was moved “by air and sea routes, and to transport the drugs to the west of Honduras, to the border with Guatemala, and finally to the United States,” the diplomatic delegation said in a note addressed to the Honduran Foreign Ministry in Tegucigalpa, in which he confirmed the request for Hernández’s capture for extradition purposes made by Washington on Monday.
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More images of former President Hernández upon arrival at the Special Forces Barracks in the 21 de Octubre neighborhood of the capital. pic.twitter.com/ryhLWJPIlF— Radio América HN (@radioamericahn) February 15, 2022
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The Security Minister, Ramón Sabillón, confirms that former President Juan Orlando Hernández will be presented until tomorrow before the natural judge and will remain confined in the Special Forces barracks. pic.twitter.com/vLzUO3MBpD— Radio América HN (@radioamericahn) February 15, 2022
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With shackles, handcuffs and a bulletproof vest, former President Juan Orlando Hernández is transferred to the Special Forces barracks. pic.twitter.com/3PqoYwh1cu— Radio América HN (@radioamericahn) February 15, 2022
#LAST HOUR Ramón Sabillón, Secretary of Security: “It is a shame for the country that a former president is extradited.” pic.twitter.com/Zw0uETZsyU
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