Former Honduran President convicted in US of conspiring with drug traffickers

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Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted in New York on Friday of conspiring with drug traffickers to enable tonnes of cocaine to be smuggled into the US.

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00:00 Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez has been convicted of conspiring with drug

00:07 traffickers to enable tons of cocaine to make it unhindered into the US.

00:12 Convicted on Friday in New York, the judge ruled that Hernandez, who was president of

00:16 Honduras from 2014 to 2022, used his military and national police force to help drugs get

00:22 into the US.

00:23 The charges carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 40 years in prison.

00:27 Hernandez is due to be sentenced in June.

00:30 His defense will appeal the ruling.

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