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Expresidente de Honduras condenado a 45 años de prisión en EEUU por tráfico de drogas

26 de June de 2024

People gather outside the Manhattan federal court before the sentencing hearing of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez in New York on June 26, 2024. - A jury in New York on March 8, 2024, found Hernandez guilty of trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine into the US. Hernandez, 55, who US federal prosecutors say turned his Central American country into a "narco-state" during his presidency in 2014-2022, faces a potential sentence of up to life in prison. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP)

US-HONDURAS-JUSTICE-DRUGS-HERNANDEZ — People gather outside the Manhattan federal court before the sentencing hearing of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez in New York on June 26, 2024. - A jury in New York on March 8, 2024, found Hernandez guilty of trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine into the US. Hernandez, 55, who US federal prosecutors say turned his Central American country into a "narco-state" during his presidency in 2014-2022, faces a potential sentence of up to life in prison. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP)

La justicia de Estados Unidos sentenció este miércoles al expresidente de Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández a 45 años de prisión, tras haber sido hallado culpable de tráfico de drogas y armas el pasado 8 de marzo.

En una audiencia en Nueva York, el juez Kevin Castel indicó además que Hernández, de 55 años y que fue presidente de Honduras de 2014 a 2022 durante dos mandatos consecutivos, deberá pagar 8 millones de dólares de multa y cumplir 5 años de libertad bajo vigilancia al final de su condena a prisión.

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