Drugs

"La epidemia de opioides ha causado estragos en innumerables comunidades del estado de Nueva York y del resto del país, dejando a millones de personas todavía adictas", dijo la fiscal general de ese estado, Letitia James.

Tony Hernandez, brother of the president of Honduras, was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday in New York federal court on drug trafficking and related weapons charges. Hernandez "smothered Honduras with corruption in order to achieve astonishing crimes," a prosecutor told the court. (Leer en español)

Prosecutors in the trial of Honduran businessman Geovanny Fuentes accused him of bribing President Juan Orlando Hernández and operating a clandestine cocaine laboratory in the north of the country. (Leer en español)

Devis Leonel Rivera Maradiaga, a powerful former drug trafficker and leader of 'Los Cachiros,' told the court that he paid bribes totaling $750,000 to Hernandez's sister as well as the future vice president. (Leer en español)

Honduran businessman, Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez, is on trial for allegedly distributing massive amounts of cocaine to the United States and running a secret cocaine laboratory, with the protection of the current president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez. Fuentes "was a key part of the Honduran narco state ... a powerful, untouchable drug trafficker who made millions helping the president traffic cocaine," a prosecutor told the jury. (Leer en español)

The trial alleged Honduran drug trafficker, Geovanny Fuentes, begins on Monday and implicates the country's president, Juan Orlando Hernández. Fuentes ran his own cocaine laboratory and controlled crucial territory along the north coast of Honduras, according to court filings, dozens of interviews with confidential sources and classified documents obtained exclusively by Univision. (Leer en español)

US Senators introduce bill to impose sanctions on president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, for alleged drug trafficking ties. The bill also seeks restoration of UN anti-corruption mission in Honduras.