At a time when Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández’s name keeps popping up in the New York trial of an alleged drug trafficker, one of the candidates running to replace Hernández in Sunday’s primary elections was convicted in the same court of laundering money for the same cartel
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández’s name keeps popping up in the New York trial of an alleged drug trafficker. And one of the candidates running to replace him in Sunday’s primary elections has been convicted in the same court of laundering money for the same cartel.
Hondurans await results in primary elections
MARLON GONZÁLEZ and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN, Associated Press
March 14, 2021
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1of3FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2020, file photo, Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez arrives for the swearing-in ceremony for Guatemala s new President Alejandro Giammattei at the National Theater in Guatemala City. Orlando Hernandez denied once again Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, accusations from United States prosecutors that he protected drug traffickers in exchange for bribes.Moises Castillo/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez during a ceremony at an air base to receive a shipment of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine via the COVAX program, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Saturday, March 13, 2021.Elmer Martinez/APShow MoreShow Less