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Luc Cohen

Ex-Honduras police chief worked with ex-president to ship drugs, prosecutors say

FILE PHOTO: Former police chief Juan Carlos "El Tigre" Bonilla, wanted by the United States on drug-trafficking charges, is presented to the media at a police base following his detention after being on the run for several months, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras March 9, 2022. REUTERS/Fredy Rodriguez

U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday unveiled drugs and weapons charges against a former police chief for Honduras, saying he conspired with now-detained former President Juan Orlando Hernandez to ship cocaine to the United States.

Juan Carlos Bonilla, who led the Central American country's police between 2012 and 2013 under right-wing President Porfirio Lobo, was extradited from Honduras on Tuesday, and is expected to appear in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday.

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