1 / 4US Honduras President's BrotherFILE - In this March 16, 2017, file photo, Juan Antonio"Tony" Hernandez, brother of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, arrives for a press conference in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Tony Hernandez was convicted in a massive drug conspiracy case on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, in U.S. federal court in New York City.
On Twitter, Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández said he received news of the verdict"with great sadness." "He holds his head high knowing in his own heart that what was said about him in court was inaccurate and untrue," Malone said."And so he maintains to this day his innocence of the charges leveled against him and he wants to move forward. And we will."
The Honduran president was not charged in the case but was labeled a co-conspirator. The president tweeted during the trial that the prosecution's allegations were"100% false, absurd and ridiculous." He described a scheme that began with monthly"massive cocaine shipments" to the U.S. beginning in 2010 and said the Honduran president used the military to protect drug turf. He accused Tony Hernández of using the national police to kill a rival and said that the"ringleader" in that murder was then promoted to become chief of the force.
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