Extradition
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8 stories in #extradition
Clear filtersJuan Orlando Hernández to Return to Honduras on July 26
Former president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was pardoned by President Trump in 2025 after extradition to the US on drug-trafficking charges, will return to Honduras on July 26 to face trial on fraud and money-laundering charges related to the Pandora II case, with a court hearing scheduled for August 3.
El HeraldoRead in EnglishLeer en EspañolPublished on Honduras Daily · Jul 17, 2026#joh-return#extradition#trump-pardonUS Murder Suspect Arrested at Honduras Border
Border police arrested Matthew Saul Castro, a 30-year-old American, at the Las Manos checkpoint in El Paraíso after detecting a red Interpol alert for two murder charges in the United States; he was also previously detained in Honduras in connection with a killing in Yoro.
HCHLeer en EspañolPublished on Honduras Daily · Jul 11, 2026#fugitive-capture#us-citizen#border-policeHonduran Extradited to US on Child Sexual Abuse Charges
Joaquín Alvarado Bueso, 38, was extradited to the United States on charges of first-degree rape, indecent acts against minors, and child sexual abuse involving two stepchildren.
HCHLeer en EspañolPublished on Honduras Daily · Jun 18, 2026#extradition#sexual-abuse#child-protectionDrug Trafficker 'Capi' Convicted After 3-Ton Cocaine Seizure
Michael Adolf Dixon Rivers, a Honduran drug trafficker who operated Caribbean shipping routes, was sentenced to 14 years in US federal prison in May 2022 after authorities intercepted approximately 3 metric tons of cocaine near Aruba in 2019, unraveling his international cocaine-smuggling conspiracy.
TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)Read in EnglishLeer en EspañolPublished on Honduras Daily · Jun 17, 2026#drug-trafficking#extradition#narco-maritimeFormer Security Fund Chief Gets Five Years' Probation
Francisco Cosenza, former director of Honduras's Security Tax Fund, was sentenced by a US court to five years of home confinement probation after pleading guilty to money laundering and bribery charges related to the misuse of public security funds.
La PrensaRead in EnglishLeer en EspañolPublished on Honduras Daily · Jun 6, 2026#corruption#extradition#tasa-seguridadTwo Charged in Deaths of Five Police Officers in Corinto
A court ordered pretrial detention for Jefry Josseth Guardado Herrera and Elí Nahúm Guerra, accused of involvement in a May clash at the Corinto border post that killed five members of a defunct anti-gang police unit.
La PrensaRead in EnglishLeer en EspañolPublished on Honduras Daily · Jun 3, 2026#police-killing#dipampco#preventive-detentionSupreme Court Suspends Arrest Warrant for Ex-President Hernández
The Supreme Court of Justice suspended the arrest warrant against former president Juan Orlando Hernández, clearing his return to Honduras on July 31 to face fraud and money-laundering charges in the case known as Pandora II, with voluntary court appearance set for August 3.
Ex-Security-Tax Director Cosenza Gets Home Detention
Francisco Cosenza, former director of Honduras's Security Tax (Tasa de Seguridad), was sentenced in Miami to five years of home detention after pleading guilty to money laundering and bribery charges tied to over $10 million in padded police uniform and supply contracts.