Police in the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa have surrounded the house of ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández. The officers were deployed hours after the US requested his extradition on drugs charges, which he denies. The Honduran security minister said Mr Hernández was inside his home and that police had been told to surround it to “prevent an escape” while they waited for an arrest warrant to be issued. Mr Hernández governed Honduras from 2014 to January this year. He is accused of having been involved in a drug-trafficking ring which included his younger brother, Tony Hernández, who last year was sentenced in the US to life in prison. During Tony Hernández’s trial, prosecutors alleged that the infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán had personally handed Tony Hernández $1m. According to the prosecutors, “El Chapo” Guzmán told the younger Hernández to pass the money on to his brother Juan Orlando as a bribe.(BBC)…[+]