Panama, Panama.
Panama extradited to the United States a a Honduran and three Guatemalans sued by U.S. courts for “drug trafficking conspiracy offenses,” the Chancellery reported Tuesday.
The extradited are Mario Enrique Medina Sanabria of Honduras, Luis Arturo Ramírez Dieguez, Carlos Daniel Preciado Navarijo and Kevin Loanmi Joncs Barrios de Guatemala, according to a statement.
According to Panamanian authorities, both the Honduran and other Central Americans were accompanied by Chancellery personnel, Interpol, Panamanian police special forces units and U.S. Embassy personnel to a hangar. from the National Naval Air Service at Tocumen International Airport.
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Before leaving New York Penitentiary, east of Panama City, they were evaluated by doctors “to ensure that the health of the displaced remains stable from their departure from Panama to the United States.”
Honduran Mario Enrique Medina Sanabria was arrested on January 18 this year at Tocumen International Airport in the Panamanian capital.
At that time, the Panamanian authorities explained that in the control hearing of the magistrates of the Court of Appeals decreed legal the apprehension of the Honduran Medina Sanabria, so they ordered his provisional detention for the purpose of extradition and then placed him under the orders of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.