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Ex-Honduras police chief worked with ex-president to ship drugs, prosecutors say

U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday unveiled drugs and weapons charges against a former police chief for Honduras, saying he conspired with now-detained former President Juan Orlando Hernandez to ship cocaine to the United States.

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Former Honduran President Hernandez pleads not guilty to US drug charges

The former president of Honduras wants to call former Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama as well as convicted Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman as defense witnesses against U.S. drug charges.

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Ex-president of Honduras pleads not guilty to drugs and weapons charges in New York court

Juan Orlando Hernandez was extradited to United States last month

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Honduras ex-President Hernandez pleads not guilty in US court

Former president’s lawyer says Hernandez, who is facing drug charges, is being treated like a ‘prisoner of war’.

Al Jazeera

Honduran ex-president Hernandez pleads not guilty in U.S., decries treatment

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, with chains around his ankles, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to U.S. drug and weapons charges in Manhattan federal court while his lawyer complained of "prisoner of war" conditions in jail.

Reuters

Honduran economic zones in 'limbo' after government repeal

A plan to create special self-governing zones for foreign investors in Honduras has been thrown into limbo because the new government has repealed a law many criticized as surrendering sovereignty

The Independent UK

Honduras requests development bank membership in search of financing

Honduras requested membership of the CAF-Development Bank of Latin America, the organization reported Thursday, as leftist President Xiomara Castro's administration seeks financing to alleviate severe budgetary imbalances left by her predecessor.

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Honduras Ends Its Experiment With Charter Cities

No more new ZEDEs will exist, after a unanimous congressional vote to end program; existing ZEDEs are optimistic their deals will be honored.

Reason

Honduras ex-President Hernandez makes first US court appearance

Juan Orlando Hernandez faces drug trafficking and weapons charges after being extradited to the United States this week.

Al Jazeera

U.S. orders ex-Honduras president detained pending possible bail application

A U.S. judge on Friday ordered former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez to be detained pending a possible bail application by his lawyers, in Hernandez's initial court appearance on U.S. drug trafficking and weapons charges.

Reuters

Honduran Congress unanimously nixes special economic zones

Honduras' Congress unanimously repealed a law overnight which allowed for the creation of special economic zones exempt from some national laws and taxes throughout the country, known as Zones for Employment and Economic Development (ZEDEs).

Reuters

Ex-president of Honduras extradited to US on sweeping drug trafficking charges

Federal prosecutors allege Juan Orlando Hernandez participated in a vast conspiracy to traffick ‘hundreds of thousands of kilograms’ of cocaine into the US

The Independent UK

Former Honduras president extradited to U.S. on drugs, weapons charges

The U.S. government on Thursday unveiled charges against former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez of participating in a cocaine-importation conspiracy and related firearms offenses, and he was extradited to the United States.

Reuters

Honduras ex-President Hernandez on way to US to face drug charges

US authorities accuse Juan Orlando Hernandez of receiving millions in bribes as part of a drug-trafficking scheme.

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Honduran ex-president extradited, flying to U.S. to face drug charges

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was extradited to the United States on Thursday where he is set to face drug trafficking charges, capping a dramatic fall from grace after the conservative leader left office earlier this year.

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Ex-president of Honduras extradited to US on drugs charges

Juan Orlando Hernández accused of involvement with drug cartels and related weapons charges

The Independent UK

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

Reuters

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.

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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.

Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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

Al Jazeera

‘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.

Daily Mirror

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International football can often get an unfair reputation for being less exciting than its club counterpart but there is always drama whenever the sides mentioned below meet

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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.

The Guardian - US

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