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On March 17, 2017, Tony was accused by the former head of the Los Cachiros cartel Devis Rivera Maradiaga, in statements to a New York court, of receiving a bribe in exchange for efforts to settle a debt that the government had with a company money laundering of that cartel. This alleged cooperation between Devis Rivera and Tony Hernández would have occurred between 2013 and 2015. Tony again denied the accusations. | On March 17, 2017, Tony was accused by the former head of the Los Cachiros cartel Devis Rivera Maradiaga, in statements to a New York court, of receiving a bribe in exchange for efforts to settle a debt that the government had with a company money laundering of that cartel. This alleged cooperation between Devis Rivera and Tony Hernández would have occurred between 2013 and 2015. Tony again denied the accusations. | ||
== Capture and judicial process == | |||
On November 23, 2018, Hernández was arrested at the Miami airport5 on charges of: conspiracy to import cocaine, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices, and making false statements in the presence of US officials - on October 25, 2016. 6 hours later he was transferred to New York to begin his judicial process. | |||
The prosecution's indictment claimed that Tony Hernández "was involved in all stages" of the trafficking of tons of cocaine destined for the United States, that he bribed Honduran officials "in charge of enforcing the law" and "solicited large bribes from the main traffickers. of drugs ”, who conspired“ with some of the most dangerous transnational networks in Mexico and Colombia ”and who“ worked with other drug traffickers ”in Honduras, Mexico, Colombia and elsewhere from 2004 to 2016. He was specifically accused of accepting a bribe of $ 50,000 by Devis Rivera Maradiaga. Among other details, the prosecution also affirmed that Tony had access to cocaine laboratories in Honduras and Colombia, where "part of the cocaine was marked with the symbol" TH ", that is," Tony Hernández "". | |||
The trial against Tony Hernández began on October 2, 2019, and a previous hearing was held in June. The judge in charge, Kevin Castel, denied that he was defending himself at liberty, considering a “significant risk of flight and a risk to the community. On October 18, 2019, he was found guilty of all charges, initially the declaration of his sentence was set for January 17, 2020, however it was postponed several times. Hernández faced a minimum sentence of 40 years and a maximum of life in prison. | |||
On March 30, 2021, Tony Hernández was sentenced to life imprisonment plus 30 years in prison. | |||
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Juan Antonio Hernández Alvarado (born June 13, 1978) is a Honduran convicted drug trafficker former lawyer, politician, member of the National Party of Honduras and former deputy in the National Congress of Honduras (2014–2018) representing Lempira. He is the brother of Juan Orlando Hernández, the current President of Honduras. On November 23, 2018, Juan Antonio Hernández was arrested in Miami on drug trafficking charges. On November 26, 2018, he was formally charged in a federal court with importing tons of cocaine into the United States between 2004 and 2016, as well as on weapons charges
Public charges
Tony had been reelected as a substitute deputy for Samuel Reyes in the 2013 elections, representing the department of Lempira. But he became a proprietary deputy when Reyes was appointed Minister of Defense. He was also a clerk and receiver in the Supreme Court of Justice, Head of the Registry Implementation Unit at the Property Institute and President of the Development and Social Inclusion Commission of the National Congress.
Drug trafficking conviction
On October 13, 2016, the Captain of the Armed Forces Santos Orellana Rodríguez, indicated by the United States of having alleged links with drug trafficking, denounced in a national media that he was offered a million dollars for not reporting on the discovery of a helicopter that supposedly belonged to Tony Hernández and that had drugs. He also said that DEA agents "forced" him to testify against Tony Hernández and Wilter Blanco as those responsible for a plan to assassinate US Ambassador James Nealon.After this, Hernández denied the accusations in a press conference and traveled to the United States in October to give testimony to the Miami Department of Justice. Also in January 2017, he gave statements to the Public Ministry of Honduras.
On March 17, 2017, Tony was accused by the former head of the Los Cachiros cartel Devis Rivera Maradiaga, in statements to a New York court, of receiving a bribe in exchange for efforts to settle a debt that the government had with a company money laundering of that cartel. This alleged cooperation between Devis Rivera and Tony Hernández would have occurred between 2013 and 2015. Tony again denied the accusations.
Capture and judicial process
On November 23, 2018, Hernández was arrested at the Miami airport5 on charges of: conspiracy to import cocaine, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices, and making false statements in the presence of US officials - on October 25, 2016. 6 hours later he was transferred to New York to begin his judicial process.
The prosecution's indictment claimed that Tony Hernández "was involved in all stages" of the trafficking of tons of cocaine destined for the United States, that he bribed Honduran officials "in charge of enforcing the law" and "solicited large bribes from the main traffickers. of drugs ”, who conspired“ with some of the most dangerous transnational networks in Mexico and Colombia ”and who“ worked with other drug traffickers ”in Honduras, Mexico, Colombia and elsewhere from 2004 to 2016. He was specifically accused of accepting a bribe of $ 50,000 by Devis Rivera Maradiaga. Among other details, the prosecution also affirmed that Tony had access to cocaine laboratories in Honduras and Colombia, where "part of the cocaine was marked with the symbol" TH ", that is," Tony Hernández "".
The trial against Tony Hernández began on October 2, 2019, and a previous hearing was held in June. The judge in charge, Kevin Castel, denied that he was defending himself at liberty, considering a “significant risk of flight and a risk to the community. On October 18, 2019, he was found guilty of all charges, initially the declaration of his sentence was set for January 17, 2020, however it was postponed several times. Hernández faced a minimum sentence of 40 years and a maximum of life in prison.
On March 30, 2021, Tony Hernández was sentenced to life imprisonment plus 30 years in prison.