Federal prosecutors say that for years Hernández received millions of dollars from cartels in exchange for allowing hundreds of thousands of kilos of cocaine destined for the U.S. to pass through his country.
Juan Orlando Hernández appears in federal court in Manhattan on drug trafficking and weapons charges, nearly two years after the former leader's extradition from Honduras.
NEW YORK (AP): Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was once touted by US authorities as a key ally in the war on drugs. Now, federal prosecutors say the political leader ran his Central American nation as a “narco-state”, collecting.
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández is facing charges that he ran his impoverished Central American nation as a “narco-state." His trial on drug trafficking and weapons charges began Tuesday