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Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez guilty in drug trafficking case

Assistant US Attorney Kyle Wirshba questions Juan Orlando Hernandez in a New York federal courtroom on March 5 [Jane Rosenberg/Reuters]

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, 55, has been found guilty in a New York federal courtroom of participating in a scheme to ship cocaine through his country and into the United States.

On Friday, a jury in the Southern District Court of New York rendered its verdict after two weeks of argument, convicting Hernandez on charges related to drug trafficking and weapons possession.

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