JUST IN: Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández should be extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking and weapons charges, a judge has ruled.
to the United States to face drug trafficking and weapons charges, a Honduran judge ruled Wednesday. The country's Supreme Court of Justice said late Wednesday via Twitter that the judge had decided to grant the U.S. extradition request.
Before the decision was announced, court spokesman Melvin Duarte said that during a hearing earlier in the day, Hernández addressed the court."In general terms he argued about the motives that have led to this extradition process against him, which he and his wife have said publicly," Duarte said.
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