The Honduran Supreme Court of Justice on Wednesday granted the extradition of alleged drug trafficker Tokiro Rodas Ramírez to the United States to be prosecuted for drug trafficking charges, a judicial source reported.
The judge of first instance hearing the case decided "grant the extradition request" presented by the United States to the State of Honduras to extradite Rodas Ramírez, according to the resolution released by the country’s judiciary in a statement.
So far, the date on which Rodas Ramírez will be extradited is not known, because now what is coming are procedures with other institutions such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United States embassy in Tegucigalpa.
The Honduran Supreme indicated that the defense of Rodas Ramírez has three days to decide whether to present resources to avoid the extradition of his client, who will continue to be detained in a military battalion near Tegucigalpa while his transfer to the United States takes place.
The alleged drug trafficker is accused by a District of Columbia court of "conspiracy to conduct the business of a business through a pattern of racketeering activity, assault with a dangerous weapon in support of racketeering activity"pointed out the Honduran Supreme Court.
In addition, it is required for a charge of possession of a firearm during a crime with violence.
Rodas Ramírez, who is apparently of Salvadoran origin, would be a member of the MS-13 gang and was requested by the United States in 2014, according to the Honduran authorities.
Since 2014, Honduras has extradited to the US some thirty Hondurans accused of drug trafficking, while others surrendered to the authorities of that country.
On Sunday, the Honduran authorities detained the Honduran Herlinda Bobadilla, whom the United States demands for extradition for drug trafficking and a first instance judge issued a provisional arrest that same day.
Bobadilla was captured in the department of Colón, in the country’s Caribbean, in an operation in which one of her sons, Tito Montes, died in a confrontation with security forces, according to the National Police.
On May 2, the US announced rewards of up to five million dollars for information leading to the capture of Herlinda Bobadilla and her sons Tito Montes Bobadilla and Juan Carlos Montes Bobadilla, Honduran drug traffickers from a cartel that bears their last name.
Noé Montes Bobadilla was sentenced in 2019 by a court in Virginia (USA) to 37 years in prison for introducing thousands of kilos of cocaine into the United States.
Nicaraguan Raduán Omar Zamora, known as "The Lord of the heavens"whom the US requests for extradition for drug trafficking.