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Lawyer: Ex-Honduran president held like a ‘prisoner of war’

Demonstrators stand outside Manhattan federal court to protest former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who pleaded not guilty to charges that he received millions of dollars from 2004 to 2022 to support a drug trade that delivered hundreds of thousands of kilos of drugs to the U.S., Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/David R. Martin)

Demonstrators gather outside Manhattan federal court to protest former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who pleaded not guilty to charges that he received millions of dollars from 2004 to 2022 to support a drug trade that delivered hundreds of thousands of kilos of drugs to the U.S., Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/David R. Martin)

Demonstrators stand outside Manhattan federal court to protest former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez who appeared in court on drug trafficking and weapons charges, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)

In this courtroom sketch, Juan Orlando Hernández, center, speaks into a microphone while pleading not guilty to drug trafficking and weapons charges flanked by his lead defense attorney Raymond Colon, right, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in New York. The former Honduran president pleaded not guilty to charges that he received millions of dollars from 2004 to 2022 to support a drug trade that delivered hundreds of thousands of kilos of drugs to the U.S. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)

Lawyer: Ex-Honduran president held like a ‘prisoner of war’