The US has been silent on Honduras's drug problem, but that might be about to change
by Julian Borger in Washington from World news | The Guardian on (#5FQHC)
Analysis: The Biden administration is expected to take a cooler approach to President Hernandez than Donald Trump did
For the US, this is a painfully embarrassing fortnight to count Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez as a key ally in Central America.
On Monday he was named in a New York federal courtroom as a co-conspirator in the conviction of his associate, Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez, for smuggling tons of cocaine into the US, and receiving a $250,000 bribe from Fuentes, an alleged drug kingpin.
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