Former Honduran President Convicted on Building “Cocaine Superhighway” – IOTW Report

Former Honduran President Convicted on Building “Cocaine Superhighway”

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A New York City jury on Friday found former two-term Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández guilty on all counts for conspiring with cartel-backed drug traffickers while he was in office to shuttle truckloads of cocaine through the small Central American country.

The unanimous verdict to convict Hernández, a former U.S. ally, arrived Friday afternoon after eight and a half hours of deliberation. Jurors were handed the case for deliberations around 11:30 a.m. on Thursday morning following more than two weeks of trial testimony. More

5 Comments on Former Honduran President Convicted on Building “Cocaine Superhighway”

  1. He outlived his usefulness, he knows too much, now time to throw him under the prison.
    Such are the wages of working for Teh Gooberment.

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