A U.S. prosecutor on Wednesday accused Honduran politician Juan Antonio 'To...
- A U.S. prosecutor on Wednesday accused Honduran politician Juan Antonio “Tony” Hernandez of smuggling tons of cocaine into the United States under the protection of his brother, President Juan Orlando Hernandez.
Tony Hernandez pleaded not guilty. His lawyer denied he took part in drug trafficking or took any bribes.President Hernandez said on Twitter that the allegations against him were “100% false, absurd and ridiculous,” and reiterated denials he was involved in narcotrafficking. It emerged as the key shipment point from South America in the early 2000s after law enforcement broke up routes through the Caribbean, according to the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime.
The first to be extradited was Carlos Arnoldo “El Negro” Lobo in May 2014, after Hernandez won the presidency on a ticket to clean the streets of drug gangs and stepped up cooperation with U.S. authorities. A U.S. court sentenced Lobo in December 2014 to 20 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
While his name is redacted, the document identifies “co-conspirator 4” as the man sworn in as Honduran president in January 2014. In a speech at the United Nations last week, he described allegations of his links to trafficking as a “dirty smear campaign” by criminals in revenge for his efforts to dismantle organized crime in Honduras.
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