The request follows speculation over whether the former president would be charged after U.S. prosecutors repeatedly implicated him in his brother's 2019 drug trafficking trial.
The United States has requested the arrest of former President Juan Orlando Hernández for his eventual extradition to the U.S. On Monday afternoon, Honduras foreign affairs ministry said via Twitter that it had notified the country s Supreme Court of Justice that the U.S. Embassy had formally requested the arrest of a Honduran politician for the purposes of extradition
The request follows speculation over whether the former president would be charged after U.S. prosecutors repeatedly implicated him in his brother s 2019 drug trafficking trial.