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January 11, 2021

U.S. Prosecutors Say Honduran President Hernández Took Bribes from Drug Traffickers
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Federal prosecutors are accusing Honduran President Juan Orlando
Hernández of taking bribes from drug traffickers and ordering local
armed forces to protect cocaine labs and shipments. A motion filed in
New York Friday quotes Hernández saying he wanted to "shove the drugs
right up the noses of the gringos by flooding the United States with
cocaine." Hernández has been a loyal ally to the U.S., receiving the
support of the Obama and Trump administrations despite long-standing
accusations of human rights violations and involvement with drug
cartels.


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