Jury found Juan Orlando Hernandez guilty of accepting bribes to protect US-bound cocaine shipments
Juan Orlando Hernandez in 2022. He led Honduras , a US ally in Central America, from 2014 to 2022. Photograph: Elmer Martinez/APFormer Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez was sentenced by a US judge on Wednesday to 45 years in prison for his conviction on drug and firearm offences.
“Without corrupt politicians like the defendant, the kind of large-scale, international drug trafficking at issue in this case, and the rampant drug-related violence that follows, is difficult if not impossible,” prosecutors wrote on Monday.His lawyer Renato Stabile had urged a sentence of no more than 40 years, calling that effectively a life sentence, and said Hernandez would continue to fight his conviction.
During a two-week trial, prosecutors said Hernandez used drug money to bribe officials and manipulate voting results during the Honduras 2013 and 2017 presidential elections. Several convicted traffickers testified they bribed Hernandez.
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