Home
AI
World
Politics
Health
Crime & justice
Science & technology
Social issues
Sports
Money
Entertainment
Environment/energy
Military
Culture
Weather
Media






Home
Bias Split
Public FiguresControversies

Sign Up for Our Free Newsletters
Sign Up for Our Free Newsletters

Sign Up!
Sign Up Now!

How our sliders workAboutContact UsNewsletter Archive
MediaFAQGlossaryPrivacy Policy
  1. Home

Honduras: Ex-President Faces Drug Trafficking Trial in US

  • #Extradition
  • #Honduras
  • #Drug abuse & traffic
  • #United States of America
Honduras: Ex-President Faces Drug Trafficking Trial in US
story
FEB 2024
Image copyright: Jorge Cabrera/Getty Images News via Getty Images
story last updated FEB 2024

The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

Though it does seem a bit paradoxical that the US federal government has brought legal action against a foreign ally already known to be corrupt, Washington was just acting pragmatically to maintain its partnership with Honduras as long as Hernández was the country's leader. Now that he has left office, there's no reason not to hold him accountable for his wrongdoing.

InSight Crime

Establishment-critical narrative

Due to its own economic interests in Honduras and his hawkish rhetoric about the War on Drugs, the US has for too long paid no heed to suspicions against Juan Orlando Hernández that the US Dept. of Justice raised during his entire presidency. Though he may be sentenced to life in prison, Hernández is merely a piece of a corrupt system that America refuses to change.

The Nation

Establishment split

CRITICAL

PRO

Ex-Honduran leader praised by Trump faces trial in US for running ‘narco-state’
GuardianFEB 2024
Ex-Honduras president Juan Orlando Hernández, former US ally, to stand trial in NY for alleged cocaine smuggling empire
Business InsiderFEB 2024
Honduran ex-president accused of running his country as a ‘narco-state’ set to stand trial in NYC
Associated PressFEB 2024
Ex-Head of Honduran National Police Pleads Guilty to U.S. Drug Charges Ahead of Juan Orlando Hernández Trial
Democracy NowJAN 2024
Honduras ex-president Orlando Hernandez extradited to U.S. on drugs charges
Raw StoryFEB 2024