Former Honduran President Convicted of Aiding Traffickers Moving Drugs into US
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández
On Friday in New York, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted of charges of conspiring with drug traffickers and using both his military and national police force to move cocaine into the United States.
Hernández, 55, who served two terms as President, was arrested in 2022 at his home in the Honduran capital a few months after leaving office before ultimately being extradited to the U.S.
U.S. prosecutors accused Hernández of working with drug traffickers as long ago as 2004, saying he took millions of dollars in bribes as he rose from rural congressman to president of the National Congress and then to the country’s highest office.
