Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Reuters
Reuters
Politics

U.S. extradition jet for Hondura's Hernandez due later on Thursday

A helicopter flies over the area where former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez has been in police custody since mid-February during a drill before his extradition this week to the United States, according to Honduran Security Minister Ruben Sabillon, at the Honduras National Police Special Forces base, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras April 20, 2022. REUTERS/Fredy Rodriguez

A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) plane due to be used for the extradition of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez is set to arrive in Honduras at 1 p.m. local time (1900 GMT), police in the country said on Thursday.

A top Honduran official had said previously that the plane was due to land at 7.00 a.m.

Hernandez, who was president from 2014-2022, has been accused in the United States of accepting millions of dollars in bribes in exchange for protecting alleged drug traffickers from investigation and prosecution.

He has denied the allegations.

(Reporting by Tomas Bravo; writing by Dave Graham, editing by Stephen Eisenhammer)

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.