I-US ifuna ukubuyisela owayengumongameli waseHonduran eWashington

Ngokwemibiko yakamuva ecaphuna umqulu wenxusa laseMelika, i-United States ifuna ukubuyisela owayenguMengameli waseHonduran uJuan Orlando Hernandez Alvarado eWashington ngamacala ahlobene nezikhali nohlelo lokushushumbisa izidakamizwa phakathi kuka-2004 no-2022.

Bekulokhu kusabalele ukuqagela ukuthi i-United States ibihlela ukucela ukubuyiselwa kukaHernandez ngesikhathi eshiya isikhundla phakathi kwezinsolo zokuthi usebenzisana nabashushumbisi bezidakamizwa.

Inxusa laseMelika lithe kulo mbhalo ukuthi uHernandez ubeyingxenye yohlelo lokushushumbisa amakhilogremu angama-500,000 e-cocaine atholwe eVenezuela naseColombia e-US esuka eHonduras.

UMnyango Wezangaphandle waseHonduras usho kuTwitter ukuthi ubikele iNkantolo Ephakeme yezwe ukuthi ihhovisi lenxusa laseMelika licele "ukuboshwa okwesikhashana kukasopolitiki waseHonduran" ukuze abuyiselwe.

Amashumi amaphoyisa azungeze umuzi kaHernandez izolo ebusuku.

U-Hernandez uthe usekulungele ukusebenzisana namaphoyisa kazwelonke, ngemuva kwamahora iziphathimandla zizungeze umuzi wakhe.

Ummeli kaHernandez, uFelix Avila, utshele isiteshi sikamabonakude sendawo ukuthi uma ijaji leNkantolo Ephakeme lithi kuboshwe ikhasimende lakhe, “lithe uma livunyelwa, lizimisele ukuzinikela ngokuzithandela.”

INkantolo Ephakeme yaseHonduras - okuyiyona ezonquma ngesicelo sokubuyiselwa kwaleli cala - izohlangana namuhla ukuze isho ijaji elizokwengamela leli cala, kusho umkhulumeli wezobulungiswa.

UNicole Navas, okhulumela uMnyango Wezobulungiswa waseMelika, wenqabile ukuphawula. UMnyango Wezwe LaseMelika nawo awukaphawuli okwamanje.

Evikini eledlule, UNobhala Wezwe wase-US U-Antony Blinken uthe uHernandez ufakwe ohlwini lwangonyaka odlule lwabantu abasolwa ngenkohlakalo noma babukela phansi intando yeningi e-El Salvador, Guatemala naseHonduras.

"Izwe laseMelika lithuthuka ngokusobala nokuziphendulela eMelika Ephakathi ngokwenza imingcele yama-visa yomphakathi ngokumelene nowayengumongameli waseHonduras, uJuan Orlando Hernandez, ngenxa yezenzo zenkohlakalo," kubhala uBlinken. Twitter ngo-February 7. “Akekho ongaphezu komthetho.”

"UHernandez uhileleke enkohlakalweni enkulu ngokwenza noma ukugqugquzela izenzo zenkohlakalo nokushushumbiswa kwezidakamizwa nokusebenzisa imali etholakala ngemisebenzi engekho emthethweni ukuze aqhubekisele phambili imikhankaso yezepolitiki," UMnyango WezoMbuso wase-US kusho esitatimendeni.

Ufakazi waseMelika uthe uHernandez "uthole imali yokushushumbiswa kwezidakamizwa njengengxenye yoxhaso lwakhe lomkhankaso", kusho isitatimende.

U-Hernandez uwaphikile wonke amacala futhi uthi lezi zinsolo ziyingxenye yetulo lokuziphindiselela ezivela kubaphathi bezidakamizwa ezifanayo uhulumeni wakhe owathumba noma wathunyelwa e-US.

Umfowabo, owayeyilungu lengqungquthela yaseHonduran, uTony Hernandez, wagwetshwa ngoMashi 2017 udilikajele e-US ngokushushumbisa izidakamizwa.