New York, United States.
The United States attorney requested it Federal Court of the Southern District from New York, who is leading the lawsuit from Juan Antonio ‘Tony’ Hernandez, former Honduran Member of Parliament, sentenced to life imprisonment for drug trafficking offenses.
Emily Palmer, an American freelance journalist and New York Times contributor, assures prosecutors suggest the judge in the case is sentencing a life sentence Hernández
In addition, Hernández I would be forced to deliver $ 138.5 million which he allegedly obtained as a result of illegal drug trafficking activities in Honduras already pay a fine of 10 millions of dollars.
‘Tony’ Hernández was found guilty by the same court in October 2019. Before that, he was detained at the airport in 2018 Miami when I tried to enter U.S Hernández he was questioned by DEA agents in images that transcended international. In addition, he was found guilty for these statements when it was found to be false.
There he mentioned several social activities he carried out with persons accused and convicted by the United States of drug trafficking and organized crime. In addition to detailing relations of politicians and institutions of the State of Honduras with violations of the drug trade.
The conviction of Hernández, brother of the current president of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez, has been going on for over a year and a half. Experts believe that the Justice of U.S try to obtain more information that could involve other actors in Honduras.
Jto Antonio Hernandez served as legislator for the department of Lempira to the National Congress for the National Party of Honduras (2014-2018). After this, he disappeared from the public scene and reappeared after the allegations of the government U.S against him.
Despite pleading not guilty to various crimes related to drug trafficking (conspiracy to trade in tons of cocaine gun possession Y destructive devices) and have a senior legal defense team, Hernández was found guilty and is awaiting a sentence in a New York prison that the 30 years o la life imprisonment, as the reports implore.
The verdict of the former congressman will be presented on Tuesday March 23, amid charges against his brother, the Honduran president, over conviction for drug trafficking U.S, showing that he would have links with organized crime in the country before and during his tenure.