Fed-up Hondurans want President Juan Orlando Hernandez to resign
US prosecutors allege that Hernandez's 2013 presidential bid was partly funded by money from drug traffickers
07 August 2019 - 11:35
Tegucigalpa — Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the capital on Tuesday to urge Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez to step down, just days after he was forced to deny taking money from drug gangs to secure his election in 2013.
The premises of at least three businesses in the city were set on fire after protests turned violent, officials said, and riot police clashed with demonstrators while attempting to disperse the crowd with tear gas and water cannons...
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