Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez is extradited to US to stand trial for allegedly aiding smuggling of hundreds of tonnes of cocaine to America
Hernandez is accused of having facilitated the smuggling of some 500 tonnes of cocaine –– mainly from Colombia and Venezuela –– to the United States.
The 53-year-old, whose 2014-2022 stint as president was plagued by allegations of corruption, risks spending the rest of his life in prison if convicted. Hernandez is accused of having facilitated the smuggling of some 500 tonnes of cocaine –– mainly from Colombia and Venezuela –– to the United States via Honduras since 2004, starting long before his presidency.In turn, he allegedly received "millions of dollars in bribes... from multiple narcotrafficking organisations in Honduras, Mexico and other places," according to a US Embassy document.
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