Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was found guilty of three counts of drug trafficking by a New York jury.
New York.- The former president of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández (2014-2022) was found guilty this Friday of drug trafficking and weapons charges by a New York jury, after a trial that took just over two weeks.
Hernández, who is now waiting for Judge Kevin Castel to hand down his sentence, will thus become the highest-ranking Latin American leader convicted of drug trafficking after the case of Panamanian Manuel Antonio Noriega, sentenced in 1992 in a Florida court to 40 years in prison. for his connections with the Colombian Medellín cartel.
Fifty Hondurans who were outside the court immediately began to celebrate the verdict, which could cost Hernández several life sentences.
Honduras is a fundamental transit point for drugs produced in South America , especially in Colombia , before transiting through Mexico with its final destination to United States territory.
Juan Orlando Hernández has been found guilty of three charges: conspiring to traffic drugs and weapons and possession of weapons. If found guilty of all the accusations, he could be sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years.
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