‘Tiger’ Bonilla has not yet been extradited, says the Judiciary

Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

In the last hours, the judiciary Hondurans reported that they have not yet received any extradition requests from the justice system United States per Joan Carles Bonilla, Former director of National Police and known as ‘The Tiger’, In spite of indications of the A.U.S. Drug Control Administration (DEA, for the acronym in English).

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Melvin Duarte, A spokesman for the Judiciary, told El Heraldo: “According to verification, no request has been received in the presidency of the Supreme Court of Justice for ‘El Tigre’ Bonilla.” The former police officer is being investigated by U.S. prosecutors and DEA for crimes related to large-scale drug trafficking since Honduras.

since 1985

Joan Carles Bonilla integrated
the National Police and directed it
between 2012 and 2013.

The DEA joHe insisted on his displeasure in the last few hours regarding the non-extradition of Mario Cálix Hernández, Juan Carlos Bonilla Valladares, Arnaldo Urbina Soto, Carlos Fernando Urbina Soto and Miguel Ángel Urbina Soto, To whom they point out as co-conspirators of Juan Antonio Hernández, Honduran ex-congressman sentenced to life in prison for more than 30 years by a New York judge in recent days for drug trafficking.

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From Chancellery also do not know orders of extradition or opening of legal processes against Bonilla. des 2019, The process has been open in the country and mentioned in the United States as imminent extradited, however, the process has stalled and the inconvenience since United States begins to resonate in Honduras.

other cases

Arnaldo Urbina Soto, Former Mayor of Yoro, Yoro, is serving a sentence for other crimes in Honduras, although, according to Duarte, His extradition was declared appropriate. Upon serving his sentence in the country, US authorities will be able to exercise his extradition.

Cálix Hernández, former mayor of Thank you, Lempira, On the other hand, he is a fugitive, although there is already a judge appointed for the case. At one time, his voluntary surrender to American justice was handled, but the current state is unknown.

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