Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was found guilty on Friday of drug trafficking conspiracy by a U.S. jury, cementing the onetime U.S. ally’s fall from grace. He had pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking conspiracy and criminal weapons possession charges. At the trial, several convicted traffickers testified they had bribed Hernández. Prosecutors said Hernández used drug cash to bribe officials to manipulate voting results in his favor during Honduras’ 2013 and 2017 presidential elections. “I had a policy against all those people because I could not stand them,” Hernández said of drug traffickers.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald March 09, 2024 08:50 UTC