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In the project, Espinoza urges the president to reconsider and revoke the decision to eliminate the treaty between Honduras and the United States.
Liberal Party deputy and presidential candidate Maribel Espinoza presented a bill to the National Congress on Wednesday to revoke the denunciation of the Extradition Treaty with the United States, ordered for President Xiomara Castro.
“As a responsible citizen and concerned about the direction that drug trafficking has taken in our country with the serious consequences that it causes, I hereby come before this Congress to present this bill,” says the document sent by the deputy.
In the project, Espinoza urges the president to reconsider and revoke the decision to eliminate the treaty between Honduras and the United States.
The treaty also acknowledges that it “has been effective and has allowed for the extradition and prosecution of dangerous members of international organized crime.”
Denunciation of the Extradition Treaty
On August 28, the Honduran Foreign Ministry, by order of President Castro, denounced the Extradition Treaty with the United States of January 15, 1912 and terminated that agreement.
In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation states that the decision is based on the constitutional powers of the Executive Branch, specifically on articles 1, 5 and 245, paragraph 4, of the Constitution of the Republic of Honduras.
These provisions establish the responsibility of the Government to “maintain the peace and internal security of the Republic and to repel any external attack or aggression.”
This decision has been questioned by different sectors, which considered that Honduras is making a serious mistake by ending the treaty.