TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras.- After that in the testimony of the ex-leader of the cartel “The Cachiros”, Devis Leonel Rivera Maradiaga, His name came to light for receiving money from drug trafficking, the former president of Honduras, José Manuel Zelaya, Flatly denied these allegations.
“Irrefutable proof that I never received a bribe is that I never appointed a minister, neither from organized crime, nor from pressure from the American embassy,” was the message posted by former governor Zelaya on his Twitter account in allusion to the signals arising from the Southern District court in New York.
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Formerly the name of the party leader Freedom and Refoundation it had also come to light during the first hearing against Fonts, where it was revealed that the alleged drug trafficker had Zelaya’s contact on his phone book.
He charged JOH prior to the hearing
In the hours before the start of the trial against Geovanny Fonts, The former president charged against the current president Juan Orlando Hernández in the social network, assuring that it was the United States those that offered support to Hernandez knowing that this one had several indications of being colluded with the organized crime.
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The testimony of Devis Leonel Rivera Maradiaga in the trial against Geovanny Fuentes has brought to light many of the links of the Honduran political class with the structures of drug trafficking.
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