Honduran ex-president accused of running his country as a ‘narco-state’ stands trial in NYC

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was once touted by U.S. authorities as a key ally in the war on drugs. Now, federal prosecutors say the political leader ran his Central American nation as a ‘narco-state,’ collecting millions of dollars from violent cartels to fuel his rise to power.

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