Ex-Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández Arrested for smuggling over 1 million pounds of cocaine into US, who Backed His Narco-State for 8 Years

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The US government spent years protecting & enabling Juan Orlando Hernández & his murderous right wing political party. It was the US that equipped Partido Nacional to take power with a military coup in 2009, it supported JOH despite the killings, disappearances & corruption

 

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press release/statement from Justice Department:

Juan Orlando Hernández, Former President of Honduras, Indicted on Drug-Trafficking and Firearms Charges, Extradited to the United States from Honduras

Hernández Allegedly Partnered with Some of the Largest Cocaine Traffickers in the World to Transport Tons of Cocaine through Honduras to the United States

WASHINGTON – Juan Orlando Hernández, aka JOH, 53, the former President of Honduras, will make his initial appearance tomorrow, April 22, before Magistrate Judge Stewart D. Aaron in federal court in New York after being extradited today from Honduras. A federal court unsealed drug-trafficking and weapons charges today in a superseding indictment against Hernández.

The indictment charges that from at least in or about 2004, up to and including in or about 2022, Hernández, the former two-term President of Honduras, participated in a corrupt and violent drug-trafficking conspiracy to facilitate the importation of hundreds of thousands of kilograms of cocaine into the United States. Hernández allegedly received millions of dollars to use his public office, law enforcement and the military to support drug-trafficking organizations in Honduras, Mexico, and elsewhere.

“The Justice Department is taking a comprehensive approach to protecting our communities and our country from violent crime,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “The Department is committed to disrupting the entire ecosystem of drug trafficking networks that harm the American people, no matter how far, or how high we must go.”

 

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The US government spent years protecting & enabling Juan Orlando Hernández & his murderous right wing political party. It was the US that equipped Partido Nacional to take power with a military coup in 2009, it supported JOH despite the killings, disappearances & corruption

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