Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, 55, was sentenced to 45 years in prison by a New York court on Wednesday. Hernández was convicted of trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine into the United States and related firearms offenses. The court found that he facilitated the importation of more than 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S. over a decade, often working with bribe-paying drug traffickers. U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel presided over the case, highlighting Hernández's role in accepting millions of dollars in bribes to protect cocaine shipments. Hernández's conviction also included charges of possessing and conspiring to possess destructive devices. Additionally, he was sentenced to five more years of supervised release.
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I covered the trial of former Honduran President and US ally Juan Orlando Hernández, who was convicted of 3 drugs and weapons charges, in NYC earlier this year. Yesterday he was sentenced to 45 years in prison, so I wrote about it for @thebafflermag https://t.co/2ndNV2lLDa
Earlier this year I sat in on the drugs + weapons trial of the former Honduran Pres and US ally, who was sentenced to 45 years yesterday. I wrote up some thoughts that've haunted me on the trials implications in this reported essay for @thebafflermag https://t.co/2ndNV2lLDa
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US District Judge Kevin Castel in Manhattan federal court sentenced former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez to 45 years in prison for his conviction on drug and firearm offenses. Subscribe to The Daily Docket: https://t.co/s1z0JFig0G https://t.co/oaxo3Zawxt
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Juan Orlando Hernández has been sentenced to 45 years in prison. This is a reminder to all: no one is above the law & justice will always prevail. #Honduras deserves a government that invests in safe communities & the U.S. must support them in this fight. https://t.co/F8R2iD2qTW
Peter Kevin Castel, judge of the Southern District of New York, sentenced former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez to 45 years in prison and five more years of supervised release for several crimes related to drug trafficking and the use of weapons https://t.co/Jj4WukNx4k
Prior to his recent arrest, US prosecutors accused Mario José Cálix Hernández, alias "Cubeta," of using his political connections to provide heavily armed security for cocaine shipments transported within #Honduras en route to the United States. https://t.co/uu7AhRmLVI
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Former Honduran president sentenced to 45 years for helping traffickers get tons of cocaine into US. The judge, during the hearing, called him a good actor and a “two-faced politician hungry for power”. https://t.co/zr6y33LrSo
Former Honduran President Sentenced For Helping Traffic Cocaine Into U.S. https://t.co/auAPIFfMYj
A defiant former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was sentenced in New York Wednesday to 45 years in prison for teaming up with some bribe-paying drug traffickers for over a decade to ensure over 400 tons of cocaine made it to the United States. https://t.co/XUfqe6LZnW
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández has been sentenced in New York to 45 years in prison for teaming up wit drug traffickers for over a decade to ensure over 400 tons of cocaine made it to the U.S. https://t.co/K0v4RcLG8W
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Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced in New York to 45 years in prison for teaming up with some bribe-paying drug traffickers for over a decade to ensure over 400 tons of cocaine made it to the U.S. https://t.co/5WNNFs0zJ4
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Former #Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, 55, sentenced by US to 45 years in prison for his conviction on drug and firearm offenses. He was found guilty of accepting millions of dollars in bribes to protect US-bound cocaine shipments belonging to traffickers. https://t.co/8DhVDJpi5I
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After a criminal trial in Manhattan, the former president was sentenced to 45 years in prison. https://t.co/QyYuWCa87v
The former president was sentenced to 45 years in prison. https://t.co/QyYuWCa87v
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando gets 45 years for helping traffickers get tons of cocaine into U.S. https://t.co/x2O7Q71jFi https://t.co/cGccpjEwNS
Juan Orlando Hernández, Honduras' ex-president, was sentenced to 45 years in a U.S. prison for his drug trafficking and weapons conviction. The DOJ says he facilitated the importation of more than 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S. https://t.co/EqwNG2xkvS
Juan Orlando Hernandez, the former president of Honduras, has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for his conviction on drugs and weapons charges ⤵️ https://t.co/n3lYLeS97T
Former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez, faces 45 years in jail after being convicted of helping to traffic vast amounts of cocaine into the US. https://t.co/dgtWzL1pjx
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Juan Orlando Hernández, the former Honduran president, was sentenced to 45 years in prison Wednesday for helping drug cartels ship hundreds of tons of cocaine into the U.S. https://t.co/9D1tPnl7bM https://t.co/9D1tPnl7bM
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Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, was sentenced to 45 years in prison on Wednesday in Manhattan. He was convicted of conspiring to import cocaine into the U.S. and of possessing and conspiring to possess “destructive devices.” https://t.co/t57xMUCDVb
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A court in New York on Wednesday sentenced former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández to 45 years in prison after he was convicted of trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine into the United States. https://t.co/NXOnqfhXE2
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