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February 8, 2022

Ex-Honduran President Added to U.S. List of Corrupt Officials over Drug Trafficking
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The Biden administration has confirmed it quietly banned former Honduran
President Juan Orlando Hernández from entering the United States and
placed him on a list that tracks corrupt Central American officials last
year. The State Department said Monday it added Hernández on its Corrupt
and Undemocratic Actors list in July, citing multiple credible media
reports and sworn witness testimony accusing Hernández of aiding in drug
trafficking and using drug money to finance his campaign. Hernández's
right-wing regime for years was backed by the U.S. government despite
numerous reports of human rights violations. Hernández's brother was
convicted of cocaine trafficking in the U.S. in 2019.


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