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US wants life in prison for brother of Honduras president
Read full article: US wants life in prison for brother of Honduras presidentโThe defendant was a Honduran congressman who, along with his brother Juan Orlando Hernรกndez, played a leadership role in a violent, state sponsored drug trafficking conspiracy,โ prosecutors wrote. AdThe U.S. government wants Tony Hernรกndez to give up $138.5 million in โblood moneyโ from his drug trafficking and pay an additional $10 million fine. They say he also sold weapons to drug traffickers, some of which came from Hondurasโ military, and controlled drug laboratories in Colombia and Honduras. They allege that among those bribes was $1 million from notorious Mexican capo Joaquin โEl Chapoโ Guzman to Juan Orlando Hernรกndez. In those, Fuentes admitted knowing drug traffickers but denied having paid any money to president Hernรกndez.
Hondurans await results in primary elections
Read full article: Hondurans await results in primary elections(AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)TEGUCIGALPA โ Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernรกndezโs name keeps popping up in the New York trial of an alleged drug trafficker. And one of the candidates running to replace him in Sundayโs primary elections has been convicted in the same court of laundering money for the same cartel. Polls closed at 5 p.m. and the vote count had begun, but there was no immediate word on when results would be available. Political analyst and three-time former presidential candidate Olban Valladares said the elections are an opportunity for Hondurans to begin to free themselves of failed leaders. But voters will also choose the candidates who will compete for the 128 seats of the National Congress in November, as well as 298 local governments and other positions.