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Expresidente Juan Orlando Hernández estará preso un mes mientras Honduras resuelve extradición a EE. UU.

Segunda audiencia será el 16 de marzo, según precisó el vocero de la Corte Suprema de Justicia.

TOPSHOT - Honduran former President Juan Orlando Hernandez is seen handcuffed at the headquarters of the Honduras Police, after receiving an extradition order from the United States in Tegucigalpa, on February 15, 2022. - The United States has asked Honduras to extradite its former president Juan Orlando Hernandez, who left office last month and is suspected of drug trafficking, a source close to the matter told AFP Monday. The Honduran Foreign Ministry had said earlier on Twitter that an "official communication from the US Embassy" had been sent to the Supreme Court formally asking for the provisional arrest of an unnamed "Honduran politician" for the purpose of extradition. (Photo by Str / AFP)
TOPSHOT - Honduran former President Juan Orlando Hernandez is seen handcuffed at the headquarters of the Honduras Police, after receiving an extradition order from the United States in Tegucigalpa, on February 15, 2022. - The United States has asked Honduras to extradite its former president Juan Orlando Hernandez, who left office last month and is suspected of drug trafficking, a source close to the matter told AFP Monday. The Honduran Foreign Ministry had said earlier on Twitter that an "official communication from the US Embassy" had been sent to the Supreme Court formally asking for the provisional arrest of an unnamed "Honduran politician" for the purpose of extradition. (Photo by Str / AFP) STR

Tegucigalpa. El expresidente de Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, fue enviado a prisión al menos hasta el 16 de marzo, resolvió este miércoles el juez que celebró la primera audiencia por el pedido de extradición a Estados Unidos por narcotráfico, anunció el vocero de la Corte Suprema de Justicia (CSJ), Melvin Duarte.

El juez "ha resuelto decretar detención provisional al ciudadano Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado a fin de garantizar su presencia" en la segunda audiencia el 16 de marzo, precisó el funcionario.

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