Tag: Juan Orlando Hernandez

• Sunday, June 14th 2026 - 12:35 UTC

  'Honduras Gate' audios linking Milei to a disinformation network stir controversy, and denials

  

  A set of leaked audios, released in late April by left-leaning Spanish media outlets and dubbed “Honduras Gate,” has stirred political controversy in Latin America by alleging a regional disinformation network and naming Argentine President Javier Milei as one of its financiers. The recordings' authenticity is in dispute: the main figure named called them false, and the others mentioned denied or did not respond to the accusations.

• Thursday, June 27th 2024 - 09:31 UTC

  Former Honduran president given 45-year prison sentence in US court

  

  Former Honduran two-time President Juan Orlando Hernández (2014-2022) was sentenced to 45 years in jail by a US Federal Court in the Southern District of New York, which in practical terms will keep him behind bars for the rest of his life. The minimum sentence established by law was 40 years.

• Friday, April 22nd 2022 - 18:23 UTC

  Former Honduran President extradited to New York

  

  Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez landed Thursday evening in New York in handcuffs and escorted by US law enforcement officers as he was being extradited to stand trial for drug trafficking.

• Thursday, March 17th 2022 - 09:43 UTC

  Judge rules former Honduran President may be extradited to US

  

  A Honduran judge Wednesday ruled in favor of extraditing former President Juan Orlando Hernández to the United States, where he is wanted for alleged drug trafficking and illegal use of weapons.

• Wednesday, February 16th 2022 - 09:11 UTC

  Former Honduran president arrested at US' request

  

  Less than three weeks after Juan Orlando Hernández left office, the former Honduran President has been placed under arrest pending extradition to the United States for his alleged links to drug traffickers.

• Tuesday, February 15th 2022 - 09:03 UTC

  US requests extradition of former Honduran President Hernández

  

  A large-scale police raid was underway Monday evening in Tegucigalpa's San Ignacio neighborhood while the Supreme Court is still to grant or reject the request from the United States to extradite former President Juan Orlando Hernández to stand trial for alleged drug trafficking.

• Wednesday, March 10th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Honduran president accused of assisting to smuggle tons of cocaine into the US

  

  Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was accused on Tuesday of assisting a drug trafficker smuggle tons of cocaine into the US. Assistant US Attorney Jacob Gutwillig made the claim during his opening statement at the trial of accused drug trafficker Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez.

• Monday, October 21st 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  US Justice Department concluded Honduras president was bribed by drug cartels

  

  Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez emerged battered from the trial and conviction of his brother last Friday after the US Justice Department concluded that the evidence showed narco-traffickers had bribed the president and his party.

• Saturday, October 19th 2019 - 09:10 UTC

  Honduras president brother convicted in New York for drug trafficking

  

  A New York court convicted the Honduran president's brother of drug trafficking Friday, a verdict immediately rejected by the Central American leader as opponents called for his resignation.

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 09:24 UTC

  World physician leaders call for an end to government violence in Honduras

  

  The World Medical Association has called on the President of Honduras to bring to an immediate end the use of violence against protesters striking against the government’s health and education reforms.