The former president of Honduras is tried for drug trafficking
Juan Orlando Hernández used to be a prominent ally in the US war on drugs
The United States has long struggled to find reliable allies in the so-called war on drugs. Take former Honduran president, Juan Orlando Hernández. Once feted in Washington as a partner in the struggle against the flow of narcotics, on February 20th he found himself in the dock in New York, standing trial for his alleged role in a drug-trafficking conspiracy that has run on for more than a decade.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “The switcheroo”
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