The deputy of Liberty and Refoundation Party (Free), Ramon Enrique Barriosreferred in the last few hours to the extradition process faced by the former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, accused by the United States of having links to drug trafficking.
“JOH (Juan Orlando Hernández) may have hundreds of complaints in the Public ministry (MP), the only thing that could be binding in the extradition process is an ongoing criminal process, but there is none,” argued Barrios, a congressman from the Cortes department.
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The also lawyer assured that there are no arguments for the legal defense of former President Hernández that prevent his imminent extradition to the United States.
What Ramón Barrios said is given within the framework of a request made by the natural judge, Edwin Francisco Ortez Cruz, who asked the MP if there are pending proceedings against Juan Orlando Hernández.
“By means of this document and with instructions from the undersigned first instance extradition judge, in relation to extradition procedure number 119-2022, instructed against the citizen Juan Orlando Hernandez, aka JOHplease order the appropriate person to report on whether there are complaints, investigations or pending cases in this country, and also inform the State of them”, details the request made by the natural judge appointed in this case.
JOH, WITHOUT PRIVILEGES
After his capture last Tuesday by an armed police contingent of more than 600 men designed by the Ministry of Security, the former Honduran president has spent more than 100 hours locked up while his extradition request process by the US advances.
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The former president remains confined in a room of approximately 12×12 meters, without television or radio, without internet access, without a cell phone and without other privileges to which he was accustomed.
In the facilities of the Special Forces He must wait until March 16, the date when the hearing for the presentation and evacuation of evidence will take place to define his extradition.
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