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This is what the U.S. Justice Department said when Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted of helping funnel more than 400 tons of cocaine into the United States..
•••From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York (June 26, 2024)•••
“Juan Orlando Hernández, Former President of Honduras, Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute More Than 400 Tons of Cocaine.”
Federal prosecutors said Hernández — a two-term Honduran president — spent nearly two decades at the center of one of the largest and most violent drug-trafficking conspiracies in the world. He used his political power to protect traffickers, enrich himself with drug money, and help move “an almost unfathomable” amount of cocaine into the U.S.
Key points from prosecutors:
• Hernández abused the presidency to support and protect major drug traffickers.
• He helped move over 400 tons of U.S.-bound cocaine through Honduras — “billions of individual doses,” according to U.S. Attorney Damian Williams.
• He took millions in drug-funded bribes from traffickers in Honduras, Mexico, and elsewhere to fuel his political rise.
• His network used machine guns, grenade launchers, and militarized police to guard cocaine shipments and eliminate rivals.
• He selectively extradited traffickers who threatened his power while protecting those who paid him.
• U.S. officials say he helped turn Honduras into “one of the most dangerous countries in the world” while pretending to fight drugs.
Quotes from top U.S. officials:
Quotes from top U.S. officials:
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams:
“Hernández helped facilitate the importation of an almost unfathomable 400 tons of cocaine… Now, after years of destructive narco-trafficking of the highest imaginable magnitude, Hernández will spend 45 years where he belongs: in federal prison.”
“Hernández helped facilitate the importation of an almost unfathomable 400 tons of cocaine… Now, after years of destructive narco-trafficking of the highest imaginable magnitude, Hernández will spend 45 years where he belongs: in federal prison.”
Attorney General Merrick Garland:
“Hernández abused his power to support one of the largest and most violent drug trafficking conspiracies in the world… The people of Honduras and the United States bore the consequences.”
“Hernández abused his power to support one of the largest and most violent drug trafficking conspiracies in the world… The people of Honduras and the United States bore the consequences.”
DEA Administrator Anne Milgram:
“Former President Hernández financed his political career with drug trafficking profits and trafficked hundreds of tons of cocaine to the United States.”
“Former President Hernández financed his political career with drug trafficking profits and trafficked hundreds of tons of cocaine to the United States.”
In total, investigators tied Hernández and his network to over 400 tons of cocaine trafficked into the U.S.
5 comments:
First, you all don’t want Trump killing drug traffickers at sea. Now you don’t want Trump pardoning them. Do you guys even know what you want? Trump argues that Hernández was “treated unfairly,” suggesting the trial or sentencing was excessively harsh or politically motivated and orchestrated by Biden’s weaponized judicial system. Trump framed the pardon as part of a broader strategy to support conservative, pro-U.S. leadership in Central America — presenting it as necessary for regional stability and alignment with U.S. interests. The clemency aligns with Trump’s asserted priority on strong law-and-order and anti-socialist rhetoric in Latin America. Granting the pardon while endorsing Asfura suggests a belief that political alignment matters for regional geopolitics and U.S. foreign aid. Trump is not a Politian. So his actions are immediately brought to question by career Politian’s. I say give the man a chance to prove him self. When did you guys ever question Biden?
I will start off by stating that I think Hernandez paid Trump good money to pardon him. In addition, the word is spelled "politician."
No matter how wrong and ignorant I think you are I pray that I am wrong because al USA se lo está llevando la chingada.
Exactly. I am not an accountant nor an economist, so I will not pay my income tax nor my property taxes. I am not good with numbers so I will not pay my PUB bill nor my mortgage payements. I agree with you only politicians can be criticized. Only professionals should pay money and the rest of us, we do not have to pay anything.
President Autopen Biden pardoned a lot of criminals. Criminals are Democrat constituents for the most part. Convicted felons vote for mostly Democrats when they regain their privilege to vote.
We know what we want, there is a difference. . .Bombing drug traffickers without due process or evidence is a war crime. Pardoning a drug dealer that hurt many and was convicted by the courts is immoral and corrupt. The way our Military is being used just raises every other military morale because they know they're better than any US Soldier. Maybe that's why ranking US soldiers are telling soldiers not to follow unlawful orders?
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