Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was found guilty in a Manhattan federal court of drug trafficking charges, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
The embattled Honduran president was convicted on Friday of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and possessing “destructive devices” including machine guns, according to SDNY USAO Damian Williams.
During their case, federal prosecutors accused the former Latin American president of running “narco-state,” and shielding drug traffickers instead of his constituents.
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