Ex-Honduran President Who Boasted He’d ‘Stuff Drugs Up Noses Of The Gringos’ Convicted In NY Fed Court, Faces Life
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was found guilty in a New York federal courtroom Friday after the jury rendered its verdict after two weeks of argument. He was convicted on charges related to weapons possession and conspiracy to traffic over 500 tons of cocaine through his country into the U.S. He faces life in prison.
U.S. prosecutors said Hernández boasted that he would “stuff the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.”
In a news release after the conviction, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams‘ office praised the decision, saying it sent a message to corrupt politicians who would consider a similar path. “Juan Orlando Hernández had every opportunity to be a force for good in his native Honduras. Instead, he chose to abuse his office and country for his own personal gain.”
Attorney General Merrick Garland added that Hernández had turned Honduras into a “narco-state.”
“As today’s conviction demonstrates, the Justice Department …