At the request of the natural judge to the Public Ministry to send the First Instance Extradition Court information on the existence of complaints or investigative processes once morest the former president, Juan Orlando Hernández, Honduran lawyers stated that the judge needs to confirm that information to reject or approve the request. of extradition.
For the professional of legal sciences, Gregorio Torres Elvir, the judge would reject the request of the United States government if the requested party has pending legal proceedings in the country.
“If there are complaints or legal proceedings once morest former President Hernández, the judge would deny the extradition request, because he (Hernández) should first pay in Honduras and then be tried in another country,” Elvir Torres declared.
The lawyer, Raúl Suazo, spoke along the same lines, for whom the only way to deny Hernández’s extradition request would be for him to have a pending legal process in the country.
“So far it is known that the former president has no pending proceedings in any court in the country,” he commented.
After being captured on February 15, 2022, the former president is being held in the Special Operations Command in the Honduran capital, following the judge issued “Provisional Detention.”
The former ruler will remain until the early hours of the morning of March 16, 2022 in the Command, to then be transferred to the Courts and participate in his second extradition hearing.
Hernández Alvarado is accused by the United States of three crimes related to drug trafficking.