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May 31, 2019

U.S. Drug Agency Targeted Honduran President in Cocaine Trafficking Probe
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Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was targeted by the Drug
Enforcement Administration in a large-scale drug trafficking and money
laundering probe that began in 2013. Court documents filed by
prosecutors in Manhattan earlier this week are part of an ongoing case
against Hernández's brother, Juan Antonio "Tony" Hernández, who was
arrested in Miami in November. He is awaiting trial. Eight others were
also named in the court documents, including Honduran Security Minister
Julián Pacheco. President Hernández is denying the charges. Hernández is
a key U.S. ally in Central America. The Trump administration recognized
his 2017 victory in an election that was marred by widespread
allegations of fraud.


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