Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
The President of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ), Rolando Argueta, recommended this Monday the enactment of a extradition law in Honduras.
Argueta has indicated that the law would grant “clarity, certainty and confidence in such mattersAt the same time, he noted that there is no article in the Constitution of the Republic that refers autonomously to extradition and its application.
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For the president of the CSJ (since 2016 in office), special legislation should be implemented in the National Congress, So that this law contains the basic requirements.
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The holder of the judiciary Honduran stated, in statements to radio America, That the procedures and conditions in cases of extradition and requests for the same must prevail under mechanisms of special and specific Honduran laws and not as direct requests to the CSJ.
“We are regulated by an agreed act of the previous Supreme Court of Justice, this by universal principle is a rule of a more administrative nature than from the proper jurisdictional point of view.“, Explained Argueta.
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“From a legal point of view, eminently the principles that will govern extradition requests based on international agreements, is not at all far from a reality and a need for the National Congress to make the decision to create more specific legislation, ”he extended.
The official added that the issue of extraditions “remains lukewarm” with the current procedure. He said that if special regulation is developed this could be “of greater utility, forcefulness, certainty and confidence”.
In May 2014, Carlos Arnaldo “The Black” Wolf became the first Honduran extradited to the United States, requested for drug-related offenses. He pleaded guilty in the U.S. and will serve a 20-year sentence in prison.