Jeff Ernst

A Honduran Supreme Court judge on Wednesday began hearing the extradition case against former president Juan Orlando Hernández. The decision could take several weeks or months. And questions have been raised about the judge's ties to the Hernández family. ( Leer en español)

Un juez de la Corte Suprema de Honduras decidirá si el expresidente Juan Orlando Hernández puede ser extraditado. La decisión podría tardar varias semanas o meses. Y se han planteado preguntas sobre los vínculos del juez con la familia Hernández. ( Read this article in English)

The narcos, the bribes, and the recordings: The DEA has spent almost a decade building the case that led them to Juan Orlando Hernández, until recently the president of Honduras.

The DEA and federal prosecutors investigated the former Honduran president for several years after discovering alleged links to several traffickers. What kind of evidence convinced them to bring charges against him?

Los narcos, los sobornos y las grabaciones: La DEA ha pasado casi una década construyendo el caso que les llevó a Juan Orlando Hernández, el ahora expresidente de Honduras. ( Read this article in English)

Until he left office on January 27 after two-terms as president, Juan Orlando Hernández had been protected from prosecution by a Department of Justice policy to not indict sitting heads of state. On Tuesday he was arrested and taken from his house in chains.