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Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was once touted by U.S. authorities as a key ally in the war on drugs. Now, federal prosecutors say the political leader ran his Central American ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was sentenced by a U.S. judge on Wednesday to 45 years in prison for his conviction on drug and firearm offenses. The sentence ...
The 2019 protests in Honduras corresponded to a series of protests and riots that occurred in October, that called for the resignation of President Juan Orlando Hernández; this as a direct consequence of the trial on drug trafficking charges against his brother Tony Hernández, carried out in the United States. These protests first were ...
20 February – Former President Juan Orlando Hernández goes on trial in the United States on drug trafficking and weapons charges. [2] 28 February – At least 17 people are killed after two buses collide in San Juan de Opoa, Copán. [3]
Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxwan oɾˈlando eɾˈnandes]; born 28 October 1968), [1] [2] also known by his initials JOH, [3] [4] is a Honduran lawyer, politician and convicted drug trafficker who was 38th president of Honduras from 27 January 2014 to 27 January 2022 for two consecutive terms.
Documents declassified in May 2023 by the New York Attorney General's Office concerning the trial of Juan Orlando Hernández revealed details of his actions during the 2013 presidential campaign. According to these documents, Hernández relied on an individual referred to as "CW-1" to assist in committing electoral fraud.
March 8 – Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández is found guilty of drug trafficking charges in a federal court in New York. [7] April 19 – Self-immolation of Maxwell Azzarello: A man fatally sets himself on fire near the New York City courthouse where former president Donald Trump was on trial. [8]
The trial-focused fundraising efforts have been breaking through the noise. On the first day of trial, Trump's campaign raised $1.6 million in small-dollar donations, a campaign official told NBC ...