Guilty: U.S.-Backed Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández Convicted of Drug Trafficking
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- Опубліковано 10 бер 2024
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Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was found guilty of cocaine trafficking Friday after a two-week trial in a New York federal court, where prosecutors accused Hernández of ruling the Central American country as a narco-state and accepting millions of dollars in bribes from cocaine traffickers in exchange for protection. He faces a possible life sentence. Hernández served as president of Honduras from 2014 to 2022 and was a close U.S. ally despite mounting reports of human rights violations and accusations of corruption and involvement with drug smuggling during his tenure. Hernández was arrested less than a month after his term ended and was extradited to the United States in April 2022. "The majority feeling is satisfaction, a feeling of progress in achieving justice," says activist Camilo Bermúdez from Tegucigalpa. He is a member of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras, the organization founded by Berta Cáceres, the Lenca Indigenous environmental defender who was assassinated in 2016 while Juan Orlando Hernández was president. We also speak with Dana Frank, professor of history emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who says the 2009 U.S.-backed coup against President Manuel Zelaya set the stage for the corrupt governments that followed. While U.S. prosecutors may have convicted Hernández, Frank stresses that multiple U.S. administrations "legitimated and celebrated him."
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All criminalities could be traced back to USA!
Ypipo.
Yes cartels are in the US
The US should know. Remember when the Obama administration was supplying guns to the cartels? Didn't "El Chapo" say he was working with the US.
Wow. Looks like Honduras doesn't need to have their supreme court debate absolute presidential immunity.
America 🇺🇸 wow, a hand in everything, everywhere all at once!
I am Honduran and I feel sad and embarrased about all of this things hapenning in my country but at the same time I wondering what US do to fight against american citizens who are part of all this? Cocaine and others drugs are consumed in the US, i am sure americans are involved in that bussiness too! So they are supporting this in a certain way as well.
Lots of US people consume drugs it’s sad. I think More US people consume drugs then in Latin America. I think Latin Americans mostly just drink alcohol. If there was no drug addiction in USA then there would be less violence in Latin America. Yes there’s lots of drug dealers too but they avoid police a lot sometimes police catch them
@@CJ-fs1zr If there were no customers and consumers, there would be no suppliers. I bet if they were selling only coffee and rice, there would be no first world buyers...
@@CJ-fs1zr You never been to Miami most druggie are Latino
Our people collude with criminals too but we'll prosecute theirs for it.😂
We hope authorities help. Honduras, and stop the narco cartel and take all those narcos and put them in jail make them pay ,they are corrupts. Honduras is a beautiful country and the people are good people. Remove all drugs n narcos
excellent interview .
Won't he still run it from prison? Unless we go for the bank that laundered the money
First Noriega now him? Oh no. I hope the people of Honduras are safe
They are not going to be safe as long the U.S government continues trying to colonized their lands with ZEDE.
It is sad to say but we still on evils hands the whole structure still here we are afraid..
Well said Lida your doing a great job, it’s sad what’s going on in Honduras
Justicia para Honduras
Justicia para Bertha Caceres
Ni perdón ni olvido
Have A Valuable Day Everyone
Que lastima,no que no.Dios tenga misericordia!
fine. he goes to jail, but when is something going to be done for the people who have been hurt?
That dont matter US only care about power
We pray and hope God justice all of them are the same... 😢😢
Uh oh...
Great video ❤🎉
I dont. See any América showlng any support for Juan and they en enjoy 500 tons of drug
American embassy supported him
And NOW we know why so many Hondurans are incident on the US border with Mexico.
As Ace Ventua once said : " and the truth shall set you free"
exploitation of the global south by neocolonial powers is the driving factor for the mass migration we've seen.
give rid of the failed drug war its a war on people not the dealers
Que bueno que lo tengan vien tratado que pague todo el mal que le iso a honduras
Our people bleed at the injustice of these corrupt people and we Hondurans are a noble people but the greed of some and power corrupts and we all pay the consequences of this.
Pepe Lobo must go to New york too
Waow can you imagine the other president!??? We want to know alll
Isn't this the US backyard?
Now your wife , she want will be presidet
Guilty of that than goes to a party a Drump’s house. Wow
Drump = Biden Jr. ? Am I missing something ?
is MSNBC causing you brain-rot ? You should see a professional about that.
Oops
What i don't understand about this channel is the constant effort to show the Zelayas as saviours or Messiahs. They are part of the same corrupt system and network tha Juan Orlando Hernandez belongs to. This channel focuses on left vs right when it should be focused on justice vs injustice, regardless of political ideology. Why don't you mention Mel's son and Mel's brother were also mentioned in the trial?
Another regime change Murica?
Remember Noriega?
Israel had a hand in this? I’m surprised lol 😏
That professor is lying about Trump backing him.
Chat GPT: “As of my last update in January 2022, I am not aware of any public, on-record announcement from former U.S. President Donald Trump explicitly endorsing or expressing support for Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández.”
She's no lying. Trump administration totally supported Juan Orlando Hernandez through the American Embassy, even during the electoral fraud and people's protests
If it is any comfort to you the Obama Administration and the Biden Administration also supported him. That is one of the reason why the US should take some responsibility for thousands of people fleeing from South American countries, again, not just Trump’s administration but endless administrations that want to play puppet master with South American countries.
He did it using mike pence. Go check!
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Looks to me this channel is going down soon or later, this way or another.