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Five Honduran police accused of drug conspiracy surrender to U.S.
Source: Reuters
World | Mon Jul 11, 2016 3:31pm EDT
Five Honduran police accused of drug conspiracy surrender to U.S.
Five Honduran police accused of conspiring to smuggle drugs have surrendered to U.S. authorities and been extradited to the United States, authorities said on Monday.
The policemen, who were charged in Manhattan federal court for planning to import cocaine into the United States, turned themselves in at Honduras' Palmerola military base following a request for their extradition last week, Honduran Security Minister Julian Pacheco said.
They were flown to New York on a plane chartered by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
"The voluntary surrender today of five police officers accused of drug trafficking is another blow to impunity in Honduras," U.S. Ambassador to Honduras James Nealon said on Twitter.
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Five Honduran police accused of drug conspiracy surrender to U.S.
Five Honduran police accused of conspiring to smuggle drugs have surrendered to U.S. authorities and been extradited to the United States, authorities said on Monday.
The policemen, who were charged in Manhattan federal court for planning to import cocaine into the United States, turned themselves in at Honduras' Palmerola military base following a request for their extradition last week, Honduran Security Minister Julian Pacheco said.
They were flown to New York on a plane chartered by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
"The voluntary surrender today of five police officers accused of drug trafficking is another blow to impunity in Honduras," U.S. Ambassador to Honduras James Nealon said on Twitter.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-honduras-crime-idUSKCN0ZR2CV
