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Former president of Honduras convicted in US of aiding drug traffickers

  • Former Honduran President was convicted in New York of conspiring with drug traffickers and enabling cocaine trafficking to the U.S.
  • Witnesses in trial implicated Hernández in taking bribes and protecting drug dealers, including El Chapo.
  • Hernández faces a potential minimum of 40 years in prison and plans to appeal the conviction.
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Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, extradited to the United States and charged with drug trafficking, was sentenced on Friday.

·Budapest, Hungary
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Southern District Court of New York in the United States declared former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández (2014-2022) guilty of three drug trafficking charges on Friday. The ex-president was arrested just weeks after leaving office. The jury unanimously decided that the Honduran ex-president is guilty of conspiring to "import a controlled substance into the United States," as well as using and carrying firearms, and "conspiring to use" …

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The 12 members of a jury in a federal court in New York unanimously convicted the former president of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández (2014-2022) of the...

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Telesur broke the news in Caracas, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of on Friday, March 8, 2024.
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