Posted on 04/22/2022 7:25:32 AM PDT by csvset
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras extradited former President Juan Orlando Hernández to the United States on Thursday to face drug trafficking and weapons charges in a dramatic reversal for a leader once touted by U.S. authorities as a key ally in the war on the drugs.
Just three months after leaving office, a handcuffed Hernández boarded an airplane with agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration bound for the United States, where he faces charges in the Southern District of New York.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Hernandez "abused his position as President of Honduras from 2014 through 2022 to operate the country as a narco-state."
In court documents, U.S. prosecutors alleged Hernandez was involved in a "corrupt and violent drug-trafficking conspiracy" that moved more than 550 tons of cocaine to the United States. He was charged with participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices.
Prosecutors charge that Hernandez received millions of dollars from drug cartels, including from notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. They allege he used the money to finance his political campaigns and engaged in voter fraud in the 2013 and 2017 Honduran presidential elections.
"In return, drug traffickers in Honduras were allowed to operate with virtual impunity," Garland said. "We allege that Hernández corrupted legitimate public institutions in the country — including parts of the national police, military and national Congress."
Hernández was arrested at his home in Tegucigalpa in February at the request of U.S. authorities. He was shackled and paraded in front of journalists, a sight many Hondurans never imagined seeing.
Honduras' Supreme Court rejected his appeal of a judge's decision in favor of extradition.
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engaged in voter fraud in the 2013 and 2017 Honduran presidential elections.
Voter fraud is good if you are a Democrat—bad for everyone else.
Got it.
Do they require an id to vote, curious.
Must’ve rubbed the CIA the wrong way.
The US has sent/spent hundreds of millions in military aid to this guy over the years. Now he’s a bad man .
So now we are going around arresting foreign presidents. I guess that’s okay, given the Manuel Noriega precedence. But wouldn’t it be easier to stop the drug trad by just sealing our borders?
I kid, of course. Controlling borders....that’s crazy, outdated thinking.
So Honduras is not a sovereign country? How does he or someone like Assange get charge and brought here unless we are the worlds law enforcement mechanism under what laws? What authority?
Wasn’t this Hillarys little bitch. I guess technically she was working for Obama. I could be not remembering correctly
“The presidency of Hernández was marked by an increase in the influence of conservative evangelical organizations and Opus Dei on government decisions. Compulsory prayer at the beginning of the day was instituted in schools and in certain institutions such as the police and the army. At the beginning of 2021, the total prohibition of abortion and same-sex marriage was included in the Constitution, making it very difficult to change the law later on”
And now you know why the evil empire, the US government, despises him.
I wish we could extradite Obama and Mrs. Bill Clinton to where they could face charges for their crimes.
chargeable offenses?
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Election fraud was a chargeable offense in Myanmar, iirc
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