Honduras ex-president says DEA sent rabbi to 'infiltrate' defense

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez on Tuesday will urge a U.S. judge to appoint him a new lawyer and delay his drug trafficking trial, after arguing the Drug Enforcement Administration sent a rabbi to "infiltrate" his defense team. Jorge Bar-Levy, a Florida resident who told Reuters he was ordained as a rabbi in 2019, said he helped Hernandez find a New York lawyer and get kosher meals in jail. But Hernandez says Bar-Levy was actually "enlisted" by the DEA, citing a public statement Bar-Levy made.

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