TEGUCIGALPA.
For more than six years he operated in low profile in the west of Honduras, But undercover agents of the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and national authorities were following him on the trail.
A Martín Adolfo Díaz Contreras (30 years) requested for extradition by the East Texas District Court, United States, Is held responsible for conspiracy offenses related to the trafficking, distribution and manufacture of five kilograms or more of cocaine.
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The capture of Díaz was carried out last Saturday by teams from the National Anti-Drug Police Directorate (DNPA) and the National Directorate of Border Police Services (DNSPF) when the alleged drug trafficker was approaching Copán Ruins.
According to the indictment filed by the East Texas Federal District Court, Diaz Contreras allegedly engaged in drug trafficking activities from 2015 to date. “The information we have so far is that his contacts were in Central America, Mexico and South America,” a source said.
The police report states that the intelligence units reported that Díaz Contreras was going to make a trip on Saturday morning, and at about 11:30 am he was intercepted before arriving in Copán Ruins, west of Honduras.
After informing the judge appointed to know the extradition order and corroborate the information, Díaz Contreras was transferred by land to Santa Rosa de Copán and then by helicopter from the National Police in Tegucigalpa to present it yesterday at the information hearing in the Judiciary.
Yesterday under strong security measures, in the National Directorate of Special Forces (DNFE) of the National Police, the Honduran was presented.
Julián Hernández, Holder of the DNSPF, has reported that the arrest warrant was sent last March 3 by the Court of Extradition of First Instance at the request of United States. The process to determine whether the extradition proceeds began yesterday with the information hearing where the detainee was informed about the rights that assist him during the process and the charges made by the state that requires it.
During this process, the extraditable was accompanied by his private defense who heard and accredited the process. At the hearing, the judge appointed for the case decided to order pre-trial detention in the First Infantry Battalion.
At the same time he scheduled the hearing for presentation and evacuation of evidence for next Wednesday, May 12th.
During this period of one month, the requesting State, ie the United States, must send to the extradition judge the documentation supporting the accusation filed against the Honduran.