Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández to be extradited to U.S.

Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, will extradited to the U.S.

Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, is to be extradited to the U.S. Thursday morning, the government of Honduras announced in a press release late Wednesday night, according to TV Azteca Honduras. U.S. sources confirm the extradition is scheduled.

A member of the Special Forces stands guard at the Honduran National Directorate of Special Forces where former President Juan Orlando Hernandez is imprisoned pending his extradition to the US to face drug-trafficking related charges, in Tegucigalpa, on April 20, 2022.Hernández was president from 2014 until his second term concluded in January. He was arrested in Honduras' capital city of Tegucigalpa in February.

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