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September 11, 2024

Why Is Honduras Ending a Treaty on Extraditions?

Honduran President Xiomara Castro’s government is withdrawing from a more than century-old extradition treaty with the United States. // File Photo: @XiomaraCastroZ via X

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Javier Efraín Bú Soto, Honduras’ ambassador to the United States: “In 2009, the Honduran military staged a coup toppling the constitutional government and plunging the country into years of instability. At the time, reports of military plans were naively ignored. We will not allow history to repeat itself. President Castro’s difficult but necessary decision to terminate the extradition treaty follows credible intelligence of a planned ‘barracks coup’ by radical military officers, following a statement by a U.S. diplomat. Honduras is approaching elections constitutionally safeguarded by our military. We will not allow the extradition treaty to be manipulated by anti-democratic elements, as it poses a serious threat to our democracy if the military were to be destabilized just days before the election is called. Nevertheless…”

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