Lempira, Honduras.-The President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, Said on Sunday that his successor must be willing to “destroy” him or “try to kill him”, in reference to the allegations for his alleged links to drug trafficking which he rejects.
After voting during the primary election, where candidates to run for office in November will be defined, he argued that he has fought crime and drug bosses during his two terms in office, at “a high cost “but that he has” complied with the country. “
“Ask the candidates if they are willing to risk everything (…) If, however, with the risks that come their way, trying to kill one, or destroy it, (…) if however he is willing to continue to support the Honduran people in security, it is worth voting for this candidate, “he assured.
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At a trial in Manhattan federal court, the cartel leader the Cachiros, Devis Leonel Rivera he explained that they paid cash bribes to President Hernandez, in exchange for protection, during his 2012 election campaign.
New York’s southern district prosecutors consider current Honduran president a “co-conspirator” of the alleged drug trafficker Geovanny Fonts in the trafficking of tons of cocaine in the United States.
Last Wednesday, the president denied the allegations. “How to believe false witnesses that I was dealing with narcos, when it is proven that the Cachiros sought a deal with the USA for the impossibility of criminals to make a deal with me,” he tweeted at the time.
This Sunday, Hern(…)andez, in power since 2014, he has insisted that during his tenure he “pushes” the extradition of drug traffickers and criminals, in addition to having pushed for changes in the armed and police forces.
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During the trial in the United States, Rivera also said he paid bribes to former presidents Manuel Zelaya and Porfirio Lobo, as well as current vice president Ricardo Alvarez, who deny the allegations.
The three biggest parties in the country are taking part in Sunday’s primaries.
For the November 28 general election, where the next ruler of Honduras, they are qualified to compete a total of 14 political groupings, with candidates for 128 seats in the National Congress, 20 for the Central American Parliament and 298 municipal corporations.