Honduran President Allegedly Took a Fortune in Drug Bribes from El Chapo

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez took millions of dollars in bribes from drug traffickers including jailed Mexican kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in exchange for protection, a US prosecutor said Wednesday.

Last week, President Trump praised Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández for a new asylum deal. This week, Hernández's brother is set to go on trial in a drug smuggling case— and Hernández is accused of being a co-conspirator. https://t.co/11WjM3pmGf

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“The defendant was protected by the current president, who has received millions of dollars in bribes from drug traffickers like ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, who personally delivered one million dollars to the defendant for his brother,” Jason Richman said at the opening of the trial of the president’s brother Juan Antonio Hernandez.