Vice President Kamala Harris will begin calling leaders from Central America this week as she takes the lead for the Biden administration on tackling a surge in migration to the southern U.S. border.
PHOTO: A group of immigrants from Honduras and Guatemala arriving illegally from Mexico ride in an inflatable boat steered towards the US side of the Rio Grande, Roma, Texas, March 28, 2021. Harris will oversee an effort to not only stem the flow of migrants, according to the White House, but also establish a "strategic partnership" with Mexico and the Northern Triangle "to enhance prosperity, combat corruption and strengthen the rule of law."
In addition to Fuentes, Hernandez's brother Tony Hernandez, also a Honduran congressman, was convicted in October 2019 of drug trafficking charges and lying to the Drug Enforcement Agency. He is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday for up to life in prison. Hernandez also said earlier this month that State Department data provides an "instant rebuttal of the false narrative" against him -- tweeting that his "government dramatically lowered the drug rate from 87% to 4%... a reduction of 95.4%"