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Ex-Honduran president sentenced to 45 years in prison for helping traffickers get tons of cocaine into US
[NYPOST] Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced Wednesday in New York for his conviction on charges that he enabled narcos to use his military and national police force to help get tons of cocaine into the United States.Judge P. Kevin Castel sentenced Hernández to 45 years in a U.S. prison and fined him $8 million. A jury convicted him in March in Manhattan federal court after a two-week trial, which was closely followed in his home country. "I am innocent," Hernández said at his sentencing. "I was wrongly and unjustly accused." Castel called Hernández a "two-faced politician hungry for power" who protected a select group of traffickers. Hernández was in a full green prison uniform as he stood in court with his lawyers. Two U.S. marshals stood behind him. Related: Juan Orlando Hernández 03/25/2019 Heard at AIPAC, Day 1: Romania moves embassy to Jerusalem, Honduras to open mission, and more Juan Orlando Hernández 10/25/2018 So Venezuela was behind the great Honduras migrant caravan all along? Juan Orlando Hernández 04/01/2018 Caravan of 1,000 Illegal Aliens Forces Trump to Talk Tougher With Mexico Posted by: Fred 2024-06-27 |
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