Honduran officials announced that they had been asked by the United States to arrest former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez for eventual extradition.

Honduras’s foreign ministry initially filed the request, leading police to surround Hernandez’s home Monday night, with a court preparing to oversee the request. Hernandez is currently accused of manipulating local elections and promoting the sale of illegal drugs.

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