The Supreme Court in Honduras on Monday gave a green light for the extradition of former President Juan Orlando Hernandez to the United States to face drug trafficking and weapons charges.
US prosecutors have accused 53-year-old Hernandez of receiving drug money between 2004 and 2022 to finance his political rise.
The accusations are part of a probe into Honduras' role as a transit point for large amounts of cocaine smuggled from South America to the United States.
Hernandez had appealed an earlier decision by a judge to allow extradition to the US on request of the Court of the Southern District of New York.
If found guilty, Hernandez could face a life sentence.
Honduran judiciary spokesman Melvin Duarte said that there were no further routes of appeal available to the former conservative president.
https://www.dw.com/en/honduras-ex-p...-to-us-on-drug-trafficking-charges/a-61286456
US prosecutors have accused 53-year-old Hernandez of receiving drug money between 2004 and 2022 to finance his political rise.
The accusations are part of a probe into Honduras' role as a transit point for large amounts of cocaine smuggled from South America to the United States.
Hernandez had appealed an earlier decision by a judge to allow extradition to the US on request of the Court of the Southern District of New York.
If found guilty, Hernandez could face a life sentence.
Honduran judiciary spokesman Melvin Duarte said that there were no further routes of appeal available to the former conservative president.
https://www.dw.com/en/honduras-ex-p...-to-us-on-drug-trafficking-charges/a-61286456
