Tegucigalpa
The president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Rolando Argueta Pérez, Recommended the passage of a law of extradition in Honduras.
Such legislation would give “more clarity, certainty and confidence to issues of this nature.”
At the discretion of the bailiff, there is no article in the Constitution of the Republic of this nature, it is autonomous in its application, so it considers that it should be executed by special or ordinary legislation containing the fundamental requirements.
He stated that issues such as procedure and conditions with regard to the means of appeal must prevail in extradition requests.
“We are regulated by an act agreed by the Supreme Court of Justice above, this by universal principle is a rule of a more administrative nature than from a properly jurisdictional point of view, “he said.
He proposed that the regulations should be specific, as a special law for the purposes of regulating in detail, forcefully and correctly the procedure of the extradition.
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Although he did not see it necessary, in the past Argueta argued that “it is a faculty of the Legislative power, That at its initiative a law can be debated and approved, in case a regulation of this nature enters into force, we are absolutely in the disposition “. |
In 2012, the National Congress approved a constitutional reform that gave the green light to extraditions through an agreed act in force with United States.
It was in 2014 that the surrender of the first Honduran capo to American justice materialized. And to date 23 Hondurans have been extradited and another three are waiting to be sent to the United States. Contrary to Argueta’s new recommendations in February 2020, his opinion was contrary.
“It is not essential to discuss the adoption of an extradition law. We are working with Article 102 of the Constitution of the republic and the agreed act detailing some procedures once the extradition request is received, “said the head of the Judiciary.