Honduran president says US bribe probe threatens co-operation
US prosecutors say President Juan Orlando Hernandez accepted R1m bribe from Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman
25 February 2021 - 21:06
Tegucigalpa — Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez said this week that allegations by US prosecutors of his involvement with organised crime could affect co-operation with Washington in fighting drug trafficking.
US prosecutors, in a federal court filing in New York on February 5, said Hernandez used Honduran law enforcement and military officials to protect drug traffickers as part of a plan “to use drug trafficking to help assert power and control in Honduras”...
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