Exclusive footage shows Juan Orlando Hernandez, former president of Honduras, arrive in NY to face charges in federal trafficking investigation. Jonathan4NY and gabifenomeno have more
The charges said he received millions of dollars for shielding the drug traffickers from arrest and for facilitating their shipments.
One of those alleged partners was the notorious El Chapo, the former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel now in prison in the U.S. Prosecutors said that as Hernandez was campaigning for president in 2013, he accepted a $1 million bribe from El Chapo, as he promised the drug lord would be able to continue operating in Honduras.
In another meeting he held with a violent and large-scale Honduran cocaine trafficker, Hernandez took bribes to ensure drug trafficking could continue and to provide protection. The then-president even recommended the drug lord partner with another trafficker so that they all could"stuff the drugs right up the noses of the gringos," according to prosecutors.Former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez is escorted by Members of the Police Special Forces to be extradited to U.S.
DEA Administrator Anne Milgram called Hernandez"a central figure in one of the largest and most violent cocaine-trafficking conspiracies in the world." Milgram went on to say that he"used drug-trafficking proceeds to finance his political ascent and, once elected President, leveraged the Government of Honduras’ law enforcement, military, and financial resources to further his drug-trafficking scheme.