By Associated Press in New York
Juan Orlando Hernández allegedly took $25,000 in 2013 in exchange for protecting trafficker from law enforcement
US prosecutors have said that the president of Honduras met a drug trafficker in around 2013 and took $25,000 in exchange for protecting the trafficker from law enforcement.
The US attorney’s office for the southern district of New York issued a statement referring to President Juan Orlando Hernández only as a “high-ranking Honduran official” or as “CC-4,” a co-conspirator.
Source: US prosecutors accuse Honduran president of taking drug money
Category: Honduras, Americas, World news
