The case against Hernandez began when Donald Trump's Department of Justice prosecuted his brother Tony in 2019. During that trial and the subsequent trial of the former Honduran president in 2024, evidence showed that President Hernandez led a conspiracy to distribute cocaine in the United States, engaged in serious firearms offenses, and collected millions of dollars in bribes from some of the most dangerous criminals in the world, including Joaquin El Chapo Guzman of the Sinaloa cartel. These actions coincided with a spike in violent crime in Honduras, rendering it for a time the most dangerous nation on earth, forcing many Hondurans to leave their country, some coming to the United States. (00:59–01:21)
CLAIM
Asserts that Hernandez led a conspiracy involving cocaine distribution, firearms offenses, and bribes from criminals like El Chapo.
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