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Ex-Honduras president bribed by prominent family, U.S. prosecutors say

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was bribed by the country's prominent Rosenthal family, which owned a "massive" group of businesses in the Central American country, U.S. prosecutors said on Friday.

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Ex-Honduras president says current government impeding U.S. defense case

A lawyer for Juan Orlando Hernandez, the former Honduran president who is facing U.S. drugs and weapons charges, on Tuesday accused the Central American country's current government of setting up obstacles to his defense.

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Honduras signs U.N. deal paving way for anti-corruption commission

Honduras and the United Nations on Thursday signed an agreement that paves the way for a new international anti-corruption commission in the Central American nation, where widespread graft has fueled violence and spurred mass migration.

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Honduras to sign agreement for U.N. anti-corruption mission

Honduras will sign an agreement Thursday to install a United Nations-backed anti-corruption mission in the country, a foreign ministry official said Wednesday, making good on a key campaign pledge of President Xiomara Castro to root out graft.

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Honduras to complete talks with UN on anti-corruption mission, says president

Honduras will soon complete negotiations with the United Nations that aim to create an international mission to fight corruption in the country, President Xiomara Castro said on Monday.

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The Tsai Administration Is Silent on Lula’s Victory. What Would It Take for That To Change?

The Tsai administration’s passing on an opportunity to demonstrate support for democracy in Brazil is disappointing. All the more so because in 2018, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued immediate congratulations to Bolsonaro on the day of his presidential election.

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Honduras to consider returning Israeli embassy to Tel Aviv from Jerusalem

Honduras is considering moving its embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv, a year after moving it to Jerusalem, according to the Honduran foreign ministry.

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Ex-Honduras police chief worked with ex-president to ship drugs, prosecutors say

U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday unveiled drugs and weapons charges against a former police chief for Honduras, saying he conspired with now-detained former President Juan Orlando Hernandez to ship cocaine to the United States.

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Former Honduran President Hernandez pleads not guilty to US drug charges

The former president of Honduras wants to call former Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama as well as convicted Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman as defense witnesses against U.S. drug charges.

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Ex-president of Honduras pleads not guilty to drugs and weapons charges in New York court

Juan Orlando Hernandez was extradited to United States last month

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Honduras ex-President Hernandez pleads not guilty in US court

Former president’s lawyer says Hernandez, who is facing drug charges, is being treated like a ‘prisoner of war’.

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U.S. extradites former Honduran police chief on drug charges

A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) plane took off from the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa on Tuesday morning carrying the country's former police, Juan Carlos "El Tigre" Bonilla, who is being extradited to the United States on drug-trafficking charges.

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Honduran ex-president Hernandez pleads not guilty in U.S., decries treatment

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, with chains around his ankles, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to U.S. drug and weapons charges in Manhattan federal court while his lawyer complained of "prisoner of war" conditions in jail.

Reuters

Honduras ex-President Hernandez makes first US court appearance

Juan Orlando Hernandez faces drug trafficking and weapons charges after being extradited to the United States this week.

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U.S. orders ex-Honduras president detained pending possible bail application

A U.S. judge on Friday ordered former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez to be detained pending a possible bail application by his lawyers, in Hernandez's initial court appearance on U.S. drug trafficking and weapons charges.

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Honduran Congress unanimously nixes special economic zones

Honduras' Congress unanimously repealed a law overnight which allowed for the creation of special economic zones exempt from some national laws and taxes throughout the country, known as Zones for Employment and Economic Development (ZEDEs).

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Ex-president of Honduras extradited to US on sweeping drug trafficking charges

Federal prosecutors allege Juan Orlando Hernandez participated in a vast conspiracy to traffick ‘hundreds of thousands of kilograms’ of cocaine into the US

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Former Honduras president extradited to U.S. on drugs, weapons charges

The U.S. government on Thursday unveiled charges against former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez of participating in a cocaine-importation conspiracy and related firearms offenses, and he was extradited to the United States.

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Honduras ex-President Hernandez on way to US to face drug charges

US authorities accuse Juan Orlando Hernandez of receiving millions in bribes as part of a drug-trafficking scheme.

Reuters

Honduran ex-president extradited, flying to U.S. to face drug charges

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was extradited to the United States on Thursday where he is set to face drug trafficking charges, capping a dramatic fall from grace after the conservative leader left office earlier this year.

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U.S. extradition jet for Hondura's Hernandez due later on Thursday

A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) plane due to be used for the extradition of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez is set to arrive in Honduras at 1 p.m. local time (1900 GMT), police in the country said on Thursday.

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U.S. plane scheduled to extradite Honduran ex-President Hernandez on Thursday

A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) plane is scheduled to land in Honduras on Thursday to extradite former President Juan Orlando Hernandez to the United States, a presidential adviser to the Central American nation said Wednesday.

Reuters

Honduran official says ex-president Hernandez to be extradited to U.S. next week

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez will be extradited to the United States next week, Honduran Security Minister Ruben Sabillon said on Wednesday.

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‘An extradition foretold’: Honduras reacts to ex-president’s fate

As court clears way for Juan Orlando Hernandez to face charges in US, experts say fight against corruption continues.

Reuters

Honduras top court backs extradition of ex-president Hernandez to U.S.

The Supreme Court of Honduras on Monday authorized the extradition of the country's former president Juan Orlando Hernandez to the United States.

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