U.S. asks Honduras to arrest, extradite ex-President Juan Orlando Hernandez
CTV
The United States has asked Honduras to arrest former President Juan Orlando Hernandez for his eventual extradition to the U.S., officials confirmed Monday.
National Police and soldiers surrounded the neighbourhood around Hernandez's home Monday night.
Honduras' foreign affairs ministry initially 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 ministry did not identify the politician. But Honduras' current vice president, Salvador Nasralla, confirmed to The Associated Press that the request names Hernandez.
Later, the president of the Supreme Court of Justice called an urgent session of the full court for Tuesday morning to choose a judge to consider the extradition request from the United States.
