US investigates Honduran president accused of role in narcotics trade
by Reuters from World news | The Guardian on (#5DY44)
Court filings show Juan Orlando Hernandez, president since 2014, targeted by US prosecutors in case of alleged drug trafficker
US prosecutors are investigating the Honduran president, Juan Orlando Hernandez, according to a new court filing, piling pressure on a leader who prosecutors have already accused in court of participation in the nation's bloody narcotics trade.
In a court document filed on Friday night in the southern district of New York in the case of Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez, an alleged Honduran drug trafficker, federal prosecutors said Hernandez himself was the target of an investigation, along with other high-ranking officials".
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