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By Kanishka Singh and Luc Cohen WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -The United States extradited former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez on Thursday on charges of participating in a cocaine-importation conspiracy and related firearms offenses, the Justice Department said. The indictment marked a stunning fall from grace for the former Washington ally who led the Central American nation from 2014 to January 2022. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan said Hernandez received millions of dollars from drug trafficking organizations, including from the former leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, Joaqu…