Honduran President Xiomara Castro said Tuesday that her government reached an agreement with the United States to continue a century-old extradition treaty.

Honduran President Xiomara Castro has reversed course on a decision to end a long-running extradition treaty after reaching an agreement with the United States.

Honduras has agreed with President Donald Trump’s administration to keep an extradition treaty that has been used to hand suspected drug traffickers over to the United States, President Xiomara Castro

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran President Xiomara Castro said Tuesday that her government reached an agreement with the United States to continue an extradition treaty. In a message posted on X, Castro said the pact will be carried out "objectively" and safeguarding the integrity of Honduras' armed forces.

Honduras reverses previous position that it would not extend the treaty, seen as a symbol of heavy-handed US presence.