Ana García, wife of the former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández, announced that she wanted to run in the presidential election in November 2025 and defend the honor of her husband, found guilty of drug trafficking by the American justice system.
“Today I would like to announce to Honduras that I have decided to launch my pre-candidacy for the presidency of the Republic on behalf of the National Party for the period 2026-2030
,” said Tuesday on the social network former first lady.
She plans to launch a “crusade for justice”
on Wednesday
to defend her husband, with a meeting at the headquarters of this conservative party.
Putting her decision
“in the hands of God”
, she claims to have taken it at the request of
“thousands of Hondurans”
who showed her their
“support”.
On Monday, she called the
decision of a New York federal jury
“unfair”
and
“based on lies”
from
“evil men”
as well as
“the bias of a judge.”
“JOH”
, the nickname of her husband who was president from 2014 to 2022, was found guilty on Friday of criminal conspiracy for drug trafficking and arms trafficking, as well as possession of weapons, after a trial historical.
Self-proclaimed white knight in the fight against drug trafficking
During JOH
's presidency
, Honduras became a
"super highway"
through which much of Colombia's drug trafficking to the United States passed, according to prosecutors.
The sentence will be pronounced on June 26.
“JOH”
, 55, faces life in prison, a sentence already received in the American courts by his brother Tony Hernandez and the latter's collaborator, Geovanny Fuentes, involved in the same network.
According to US prosecutors, the defendant participated in and protected a network that shipped more than 500 tons of cocaine to the United States between 2004 and 2022, while he was a member of Congress, President of Congress and then President of the Republic.
In return, he allegedly received millions of dollars from the cartels, including the Sinaloa cartel led by the famous Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin
“Chapo”
Guzman, sentenced to life in prison in the United States.
“JOH”
presented himself, on the contrary, as a white knight in the fight against drug trafficking and an ally of the United States, from whom he had drawn praise for drug seizures and his fight against organized crime under the administration of Donald Trump (2017-2021).
He was extradited in April 2022 to the United States, three months after handing over the presidency to Xiomara Castro.
Before the presidential election for the latter's succession, the parties will nominate their candidates during primaries.