Latin America

The narcos, the bribes, and the recordings: The DEA has spent almost a decade building the case that led them to Juan Orlando Hernández, until recently the president of Honduras.

A witness testified that Geovanny Fuentes plotted with Juan Orlando Hernández to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.”

“According to multiple, credible media reports, Juan Orlando Hernandez has engaged in significant corruption by committing or facilitating acts of corruption and narco-trafficking, and using the proceeds of illicit activity to facilitate political campaigns,” the State Department said.

A Miami security firm was linked by a Haitian police investigation to the assassination of President Jovenel Moise last July. CTU security has sought to distance itself from any involvement in his death. But an FBI investigation has highlighted possible links between CTU and its sister company CTU Federal Academy with some of the suspects. (Leer en español)

Hernández has been accused by U.S. federal prosecutors of engaging in "state-sponsored drug trafficking" with his brother. So the question that arises is whether he will be indicted and his extradition requested? (Leer en español)

The Honduran president is a wily politician, but he may need the skill of Houdini to escape the clutches of U.S. prosecutors investigating him for ties to drug cartels. Could he seek refuge in neighboring Nicaragua?

Castro takes office amid a political crisis in Congress that has not only complicated the start of her term, but is also a sign of the resistance she may face in trying to tackle corruption.

Former national police chief Gen Ramon Sabillon made a name for himself by capturing several of the country's biggest drug traffickers. He ended up being fired by President Juan Orlando Hernández. (Leer en español)

Former Haitian senator John Joël Joseph was arrested in Jamaica and faces charges in Haiti linking him to the assassination of President Jovenel Moise last July.

Veteran analysts of Cuba see the hallmarks of well-tried strategy by Havana's ruling Communist Party to create an escape valve for growing political pressure on the island after mass protests in July. (Leer en español)