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Honduras Far From Dismantling Ex-president's 'Narco-state': Experts

Hernandez, 45, spent his eight years in power cosying up to drug lords from some of Latin America's most notorious cartels (Credit: AFP)

Honduras still has a long way to go to dismantle the "narco-state" that grew under ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez, jailed this week for smuggling a deluge of cocaine into the United States, experts told AFP.

Hernandez, 55, spent years in positions of power cozying up to kingpins from some of Latin America's most notorious cartels, which placed proxies in state institutions while he pocketed millions of dollars in drug money.

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