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Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández convicted in US of working with drug traffickers

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Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández convicted in US of working with drug traffickers.

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  1. Fox News

    Former Honduran president appears in NYC, takes stand in drug trafficking trial (opens Fox News)

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    Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández took the stand Tuesday at his New York trial, denying charges he protected drug dealers in exchange for bribes.

  2. Fox News

    Hondurans closely follow former president's US drug trafficking 'trial of the century' (opens Fox News)

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    Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández is on trial in a federal courthouse in Manhattan. He is accused of taking bribes to protect drug traffickers.

  3. The Daily Caller

    Jury Convicts Fmr President Of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández For Helping Import More Than 400 Tons Of Cocaine To US (opens The Daily Caller)

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    An American jury convicted former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández on charges relating to cocaine and weapons trafficking Friday.

  4. Voice of America

    US Convicts Former President of Honduras of Aiding Drug Traffickers (opens Voice of America)

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    U.S. prosecutors accused Hernandez of taking millions of dollars in bribes as he rose to the country's highest office

  5. ABC 11 Raleigh

    Former Honduran president found guilty in US drug trafficking case (opens ABC 11 Raleigh)

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    Prosecutors say Juan Orlando Hernandez received millions of dollars to protect drug traffickers.

  6. WDIO Duluth

    Former president of Honduras convicted in US of aiding drug traffickers (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez has been convicted in New York of conspiring with drug traffickers, his military and police to enable tons of cocaine to reach the United States. The jury verdict Friday in federal court ended a two-week trial.

  7. Latin Times

    Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández is Convicted of Aiding Drug Traffickers (opens Latin Times)

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    Hernández had been accused of taking millions of dollars in bribes to enable cocaine trafficking into the United States

  8. Green Field Reporter

    Former president of Honduras convicted in US of aiding drug traffickers - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    NEW YORK (AP) — Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted Friday in New York of charges that he conspired with drug traffickers and used his military and national police force to enable tons of cocaine to make it unhindered into the United States.

  9. New York Post

    Ex-Honduran president convicted of aiding drug traffickers, using military to enable cocaine to enter US (opens New York Post)

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    Ex-Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted of charges of conspiring with drug traffickers and using a police force to enable tons of cocaine making it unhindered in the United States.

  10. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Former Honduran president found guilty in drug trafficking trial (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    By Ana Melgar and David Shortell, CNN (CNN) — Former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández was found guilty Friday of drug trafficking by an American jury after a two-week trial in Manhattan federal court.

  11. The Guardian

    ‘He paved a cocaine superhighway’: ex-Honduran president convicted of US drug trafficking (opens The Guardian)

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    Juan Orlando Hernández, 55, once a US ally in the ‘war on drugs’, found guilty on three counts and faces 40 years in prison

  12. New York Times

    Ex-Honduras President Found Guilty in Drug Trafficking Trial (opens New York Times)

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    Juan Orlando Hernández had been accused of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and working with notorious drug traffickers like El Chapo.

  13. NPR

    U.S. court convicts ex-president of Honduras of aiding drug traffickers (opens NPR)

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    Former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández has been found guilty on charges relating to drug trafficking and weapons possession, in a trial by jury in New York.

  14. Al Jazeera

    Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez guilty in drug trafficking case (opens Al Jazeera)

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    The former two-term president was convicted on weapons and drug-related charges after being extradited to the US.

  15. Digital Journal

    US court convicts Honduras ex-president in cocaine trafficking (opens Digital Journal)

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    A jury in New York on Friday found former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez guilty of trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine into the United

  16. Washington Times

    Former president of Honduras convicted in U.S. of aiding drug traffickers (opens Washington Times)

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    Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted Friday in New York of charges that he conspired with drug traffickers and used his military and national police force to enable tons of cocaine to make it unhindered into the United States.

  17. Courthouse News Service

    Jury convicts ex-Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández on all narco-bribery conspiracy charges (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Prosecutors say the former president of Honduras worked with cartels to pave a “cocaine superhighway

  18. KOB 4

    Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández convicted in US of working with drug traffickers (opens KOB 4)

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    Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández convicted in US of working with drug traffickers.

  19. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Honduras’ ex-leader guilty in drug case (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    NEW YORK -- Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted Friday in New York of charges that he conspired with drug traffickers and used his military and national police force to enable tons of cocaine to make it unhindered into the United States.

  20. Deutsche Welle

    Honduras ex-president convicted of aiding drug cartels – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Jurors in the US found Juan Orlando Hernandez guilty of abetting smuggling of hundreds of tons of drugs into the US. He faces a possible life imprisonment.

  21. The Columbian

    Former president of Honduras convicted in drug traffick case (opens The Columbian)

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    NEW YORK — Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted Friday in New York of charges that he conspired with drug traffickers and used his military and national police force to enabl

  22. NPR

    Former president of Honduras is convicted of drug trafficking charges in New York (opens NPR)

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    The ex-president of Honduras, described by a U.S. government attorney as the man who "paved a cocaine superhighway to the United States" has been convicted of drug trafficking charges in New York.

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