
A Honduran man linked by U.S. prosecutors to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and other top officials plans to appeal his 2021 conviction on drug trafficking and related weapons charges, a court filing showed on Thursday.
Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez, who was found guilty of smuggling drugs to the United States with Hernandez's help, also plans to appeal a sentence to life in prison plus 30 years handed down by U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel last week, according to a notice of appeal his lawyer filed in Manhattan federal court.