Tegucigalpa, Honduras
José del Tránsito García Teruel, filed by the United States for drug-trafficking crimes that took place after February 2012, was extradited this Friday morning from Hernán Acosta Mejía airbase in the capital.
The charges were brought to him for holding him responsible for the crime of conspiring to distribute at least five kilograms or more of a mixture containing a detectable amount of cocaine, with the intent and knowledge that the substance is illegal in the United States. would be imported. States in violation of Title 21 of that country’s Code.
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His transfer to Hernán Acosta Mejía Air Base in the capital took place after 8 a.m. and under strict security measures. García Teruel was turned over to federal agents of the Drug Control Administration (DEA), who brought him to trial before the United States civil and criminal justice system.
After going through a whole process before extradition, the delivery of José del Tránsito García Teruel was coordinated with agents from the federal court of the state of Virginia, who was filed based on the request and refined the jurisdiction portion for a month. , “reported Melvin duarte, spokesman for the Supreme Court (CSJ
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“It was our responsibility to conduct the necessary coordination with US agents today, this is the 25th delivery process to the United States,” added Duarte, who also noted that on the last three extradition requests sent by the United States by drug trafficking, on which judges have already been appointed to hear every case.
Background
On August 9, García Teruel was captured in San Pedro Sula and later transferred to Tegucigalpa to appear before an extradition judge.
García Teruel, aka El Pipo, was born in Florida, Copán, and had been on warrant for the directions of the Eastern District Court of Virginia since September 30, 2016.
According to the charges filed in federal court, García Teruel is a lieutenant of the gang of Noé Montes Bobadilla, extradited to the United States on September 22, 2017. Also that since 2014 they have traded hundreds of kilos of cocaine from Colombia to the United States and Asia with Montes.