Crime and Justice

A New York drug trial which started Wednesday alleges a massive conspiracy between politicians, drug-traffickers and corrupt police and military officers in Honduras. On trial is a former congressman, Tony Hernandez, brother of President Juan Orlando Hernandez. Much like previous drug cases involving the famous cartels in Colombia and Mexico, this latest case reveals how local law enforcement in Honduras was incapable of standing up to the narcos. Instead, it was left to the DEA.
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Former congressman Tony Hernández, a brother of the president of Honduras, was involved in drug trafficking since early 2004, according to New York prosecutors. He never faced charges in Honduras despite growing evidence collected by Honduran officials, according to multiple law enforcemnt sources who spoke with Univision. In the end, it was left to the DEA to intervene and take charge of investigating the alleged traffickers, such as Tony Hernandez, who was finally arrested in Miami last November.

A New York drug trial this week threatens to blow the lid off an alleged conspiracy between Honduras’ ruling National Party and a nest of drug traffickers in this remote corner of Central America.
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For years it was an open secret that drug traffickers seized control of this mountainous region of tropical pine forests. Now a drug case in New York has revealed a massive conspiracy allegedly involving some of the top local families and possibly lifting the veil over their alleged illicit activities. Univision spent four days last week interviewing local officials and townspeople to get a sense of the potential political impact of the trial which has transfixed residents. Municipal officials, congressmen and even the president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, have been implicated. Now, local people are on the edge of their seats, waiting for the final episode of a real-life soap opera, to see who will go to jail and for how long.

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Samark López's lawyers argue that there is no evidence that their client is tied to drugs, much less a member of the FARC.

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