TEGUCIGALPA.
For more than six years he operated with a low profile in the west Honduras, but infiltrated agents of the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the national authorities followed him.
A Martin Adolfo Diaz Contreras (age 30) requested on extradition by the Eastern District Court of Texas, USA, is held responsible for conspiracy crimes related to the trade, distribution and production of five kilograms or more of cocaine.
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Cooperation Surveillance of the alleged narco has been carried out by US and national intelligence agencies. |
Díaz’s arrest was carried out the previous Saturday by teams from the National Anti-Drug Police Directorate (DNPA) and the National Directorate of Border Police Services (DNSPF) when the alleged drug trafficker approached Copán Ruinas.
According to federal court charges for the Eastern District of Texas, Díaz Contreras is said to have committed drug trafficking from 2015 to date. “The information we have so far is that his contacts were in Central America, Mexico and South America,” said a source.
The police report shows that the intelligence units reported that Díaz Contreras would make a move on Saturday morning, and was intercepted at around 11:30 a.m. before reaching Copán Ruinas, in the western part of Honduras.
After informing the judge appointed to hear the extradition order and confirming the information, Díaz Contreras was transferred by land to Santa Rosa de Copán and then by helicopter from the National Police to Tegucigalpa to present it to the information public at the yesterday Power of attorney.
Yesterday under strict security, in the National Directorate of Special Forces (DNFE) of the National Police, the Honduran was introduced.
Julian Hernandez, head of the DNSPF, reported that the arrest warrant was sent on March 3 by the Extradition Court of First Instance at the request of USA. The process to determine if the extradition is due began yesterday with the information hearing where the detainee was informed of the rights that support him during the trial and the charges made by the state demanding it.
During this trial, the extradition was accompanied by his private defense, who listened and acknowledged the trial. At the hearing, the judge appointed for the case decided to preventive arrest in the First Infantry Battalion.
At the same time, he scheduled the hearing for the presentation and evacuation of evidence for next Wednesday, May 12.
During this one-month period, the requesting state, i.e. the United States, must send the extradition judge the documentation supporting the accusation against the Honduran.