Ex-Honduran President Hernández Arrested on Drug Charges; U.S. Backed His Narco-State for 8 Years

Authorities in Honduras have arrested former President Juan Orlando Hernandez for allegedly smuggling over 1 million pounds of cocaine into the United States since 2004. Hernandez, who now faces extradition to the United States, was a longtime U.S. ally, in power from 2014 until January 27 of this year, when he was succeeded by Xiomara Castro, Honduras's first female president. We speak with Castro's deputy minister of foreign affairs, Gerardo Torres Zelaya, who calls the U.S. extradition a step in the correct direction and a dramatic shift from prior U.S. administrations that condoned Hernandez's kidnapping" of Honduras's democracy. We also speak with history professor Dana Frank, who says Hernandez was not just a drug trafficker, but a dictator who unleashed tremendous repression and militarization" on Honduras.