Witnesses at a trial in New York describe how drug money buys protection at the highest level of Honduran politics.
Tag: Hernandez, Juan Orlando
$1 Million Bribe Offered by El Chapo to President? Hondurans Are More Resigned Than Shocked
U.S. prosecutors say President Juan Orlando Hernández is complicit in his brother’s drug trafficking. Many Hondurans have given up hope their country can address its chronic corruption and violence.
El Chapo Said to Have Given $1 Million to Honduran President’s Brother
The president — who has not been charged in the case — has faced suspicion as United States prosecutors alleged recently he was part of the conspiracy in which his brother was charged.
Looming Presence in Drug Conspiracy Case: Honduras’s President
President Juan Orlando Hernández, who won’t be at his brother’s U.S. trial, has been accused of using trafficking to “help assert power and control in Honduras.”
Honduran President’s Brother, Arrested in Miami, Is Charged With Drug Trafficking
Juan Antonio Hernández, the brother of the Honduran president, was described as a “large-scale drug trafficker” with ties to organized crime and cocaine deliveries to the United States.