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Honduras ex-president Hernández extradited to US

Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, answers questions about the extradition and unsealing of an indictment charging former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez with participating in a cocaine-importation conspiracy and related firearms offenses, at the Department of Justice on Thursday, April 21, 2022 in Washington. The indictment alleges that Hernandez conspired with some of the most violent drug traffickers in the world to traffic hundreds of thousands of kilograms of cocaine for distribution in the United States. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP) Attorney General Merrick Garland, listens as Anne Milgram, administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, announces the extradition and unsealing of an indictment charging former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez with participating in a cocaine-importation conspiracy and related firearms offenses, at the Department of Justice on Thursday, April 21, 2022 in Washington. The indictment alleges that Hernandez conspired with some of the most violent drug traffickers in the world to traffic hundreds of thousands of kilograms of cocaine for distribution in the United States. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP) Attorney General Merrick Garland, accompanied by Anne Milgram, administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, announces the extradition and unsealing of an indictment charging former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez with participating in a cocaine-importation conspiracy and related firearms offenses, at the Department of Justice on Thursday, April 21, 2022 in Washington. The indictment alleges that Hernandez conspired with some of the most violent drug traffickers in the world to traffic hundreds of thousands of kilograms of cocaine for distribution in the United States. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP) Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, center, is taken in handcuffs to a waiting aircraft as he is extradited to the United States, at an Air Force base in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Thursday, April 21, 2022. Honduras' Supreme Court approved the extradition of Hernandez to the United States to face drug trafficking and weapons charges. (AP Photo/Elmer Martinez) Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, center, is taken in handcuffs to a waiting aircraft as he is extradited to the United States, at an Air Force base in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Thursday, April 21, 2022. Honduras' Supreme Court approved the extradition of Hernandez to the United States to face drug trafficking and weapons charges. (AP Photo/Elmer Martinez) Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, center, is taken in handcuffs to a waiting aircraft as he is extradited to the United States, at an Air Force base in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Thursday, April 21, 2022. Honduras' Supreme Court approved the extradition of Hernandez to the United States to face drug trafficking and weapons charges. (AP Photo/Elmer Martinez) Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, center, is taken in handcuffs to a waiting aircraft as he is extradited to the United States, at an Air Force base in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Thursday, April 21, 2022. Honduras' Supreme Court approved the extradition of Hernandez to the United States to face drug trafficking and weapons charges. (AP Photo/Elmer Martinez) Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, center, is taken in handcuffs to a waiting aircraft as he is extradited to the United States, at an Air Force base in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Thursday, April 21, 2022. Honduras' Supreme Court approved the extradition of Hernandez to the United States to face drug trafficking and weapons charges. (AP Photo/Elmer Martinez)
Honduras ex-president Hernández extradited to US