Former Honduran president found guilty of gigantic drug trafficking during trial in the United States. Hernandez, 55, faces life in prison.
US District Judge Kevin Castel will announce the details of his sentence on June 26. “I am innocent, tell the world, I love you,” he said, after the verdict was read, to members of his family and the three generals who came to testify in his favor. ‘Juan Orlando Hernández abused his position as President of Honduras to run the country as a narco-state where violent drug traffickers were allowed to operate with impunity’