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On the sixth day of Tony Hernández's trial for drug trafficking, prosecutors showed the jury parts of a video of a DEA "interview" with the former Honduran congressman, recorded just after he was arrested at Miami International Airport in November 2018 To better understand the video, and as the trial progresses, we have prepared this guide of who is who.
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In a DEA "interview," shortly after his arrest in Miami on drug trafficking charges last November, former Honduran congressman, Tony Hernández, made an attempt at cooperation. But, he ended up making several statements that corroborate the testimony of witnesses now testifying against him at his trial in New York.
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Confessed drug trafficker, Alexander Ardon, told the court on Tuesday in New York that he attended meetings with President Juan Orlando Hernández to discuss the use of drug money in his election campaigns. The younger brother of the president, former congressman 'Tony' Hernández, is on trial for large scale drug trafficking.
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The case is only on its fourth day but there have already been several surprises: drug ledgers, tons of cocaine, an alleged $1 million political contribution from 'El Chapo' Guzmán, and links with the FARC. Some of the evidence implicates the president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández.
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The 'ledger' was presented as evidence Thursday at the New York trial of former Honduran congressman 'Tony' Hernández. News Univision obtained a complete copy of the 350 pages of notes of alleged drug shipments. In other testimony on Thursday, a drug dealer named ‘El Rojo’ told the court that he trafficked 140 tons of cocaine with Tony Hernández.
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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.

Alleged drug trafficker, Tony Hernandez, goes on trial October 2. But all eyes will be on his brother, Honduran president, Juan Orlando Hernandez, who prosecutors have identified as an alleged ‘Co-Conspirator’ in the case.
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