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Honduras ex-president Hernández extradited to US

Honduras has extradited former President Juan Orlando Hernández to the United States to face drug trafficking and weapons charges

The Independent UK

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

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.

Reuters

U.S. plane scheduled to extradite Honduran ex-President Hernandez on Thursday

A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) plane is scheduled to land in Honduras on Thursday to extradite former President Juan Orlando Hernandez to the United States, a presidential adviser to the Central American nation said Wednesday.

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Canoe man copycat who tried same scam as John Darwin - but with a cabbage truck

As ITV's new drama The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe documents John and Anne Darwin's deception as they tried to bag £250,000 life insurance by committing fraud, the story of copycat Anthony McErlean has come to prominence

Daily Mirror

Judge orders extradition of Honduras' former police chief

A judge in Honduras has ordered the extradition to the United States of the country’s former national police chief on drug trafficking and weapons charges

The Independent UK

‘An extradition foretold’: Honduras reacts to ex-president’s fate

As court clears way for Juan Orlando Hernandez to face charges in US, experts say fight against corruption continues.

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Honduras top court backs extradition of ex-president Hernandez to U.S.

The Supreme Court of Honduras on Monday authorized the extradition of the country's former president Juan Orlando Hernandez to the United States.

Reuters

USA 5-1 Panama: World Cup 2022 qualifying – as it happened

Minute-by-minute report: The Americans took a huge step towards Qatar 2020 after their rout of Panama

The Guardian - US

Costa Rica 1-0 Canada: World Cup 2022 qualifying – as it happened

Minute-by-minute report: Canada will have to wait for their place in Qatar to be confirmed after a loss to Costa Rica

The Guardian - US

‘Two murders in a week’: Honduran activists risk death to defend rights

Deadly catalogue of killings continues unchecked despite hopes raised by election of centre-left female president

The Guardian - UK

EXPLAINER: Ex-Honduras president step closer to extradition

A judge in Honduras has ruled that former President Juan Orlando Hernández should be extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking and weapons charges

The Independent UK

Honduras judge grants U.S. extradition request for former President Juan Orlando Hernández

He's expected to face drug trafficking and weapons charges in the U.S. and denies any wrongdoing.

Axios

Long-feared Honduran police chief now facing US extradition

The former head of Honduras’ National Police now facing extradition to the United States on drug trafficking and weapons charges was a long-feared figure, as well as an ally of the U.S. government in its war on drugs

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Ex-Honduran national police chief wanted in US arrested

A former head of Honduras’ national police who was sought by United States prosecutors on drug and weapons charge has been arrested

The Independent UK

Priest slain in Honduras may be 1st in nearly half a century

Relatives, parishioners and fellow priests are mourning the Rev. José Enrique Vásquez, who was abducted, shot dead and dumped on a bridge in northern Honduras

The Independent UK

Honduras prosecutor: Ex-president's offices swept of papers

A federal prosecutor in Honduras says an anti-corruption team from the Attorney General’s Office visited presidential offices a week after President Juan Orlando Hernández stepped down and found paper shredders and none of the financial documents they were looking for

Reuters

Honduras repeals 'secrets law' in fight against corruption

Honduran lawmakers have repealed legislation that critics dubbed the "official secrets law" for classifying public documents on national security and defense, marking one of the first efforts under a new leftist administration to curb corruption.

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Honduras to cancel environmental permits for mining, ban open pits

Environmental permits for Honduran metal and non-metal mining will be cancelled, the country's government said in a brief statement on Monday, describing the industry as harmful and declaring it will specifically prohibit open-pit mining.

The Independent UK

Honduras high court rejects house arrest for ex-president

Honduras’ Supreme Court of Justice has denied the appeal of former President Juan Orlando Hernández to be held under house arrest during his extradition process

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Ex-Honduras leader long in US prosecutors' sights

Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández was arrested at the request of the United States on drug trafficking charges Tuesday and a Honduran judge will decide if he is eventually extradited to stand trial in the U.S. While Hernández was president, he was untouchable for Honduras’ co-opted justice system and…

Reuters

In handcuffs, former Honduran president attends boisterous extradition hearing

Handcuffed and shackled, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez arrived at his first extradition hearing on Wednesday, where he was met by dozens of boisterous fans as well as emboldened critics who assailed what they called his narco-dictatorship.

The Independent UK

A stunning fall for ex-Honduran president wanted in US

The arrest of former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández and the images that followed — a leader shackled and paraded before cameras like a common criminal — are a stunning reversal for a man who for years seemed impervious to growing allegations of corruption

Los Angeles Times

Once celebrated by American leaders, former Honduran president now sought on US drug charges

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — For years, U.S. officials faced an uncomfortable dilemma: The president of Honduras was one of Washington’s top allies in Central America — but evidence was mounting that he was also a drug trafficker.

The Guardian - US

Ex-president arrested in Honduras as US requests extradition on drugs charges

Juan Orlando Hernández, once a key US ally in Central America, handcuffed and taken away in Tegucigalpa

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