Honduras has extradited former President Juan Orlando Hernandez to the United States, where he is due to face weapons and drug-trafficking charges.A US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) plane took off with Hernandez aboard from the airport in Tegucigalpa, the capital, on Thursday afternoon. Just three months after leaving office, Hernandez boarded the plane in handcuffs.The extradition comes weeks after Honduras’ top court in late March cleared the way for Hernandez, who served as president from 2014 until earlier this year, to be extradited to face charges in a New York court.
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