Honduran police detained former president Juan Orlando Hernandez on Tuesday, placing handcuffs on his wrists after he left his house in the capital Tegucigalpa, in a dramatic fall from grace only weeks after leaving power.
In live footage shown on national TV, police officials gave Hernandez a bullet-proof vest and placed a chain between his arms and ankles before taking him to a nearby base for police special forces.
Hernandez was shown seated at a table where doctors undertook a medical examination in front of the media, including unbuttoning his shirt to put a stethoscope on his chest, according to live HCH Noticias images. Hernandez was then driven away.
Hernandez's detention comes after a Honduran judge on Tuesday ordered the former right-wing leader's arrest amid an extradition request by the United States on drug-trafficking and weapons charges.
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