TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras.- The Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York scheduled the trial of the Honduran chief Geovanny Fonts Ramirez.
“The trial was scheduled for March 8, 2021 and the defendant remains in custody,” notes an official document from the New York Court.
The trial of the Honduran has captured attention because during the process the Manhattan Prosecutor’s Office has presented legal arguments that allegedly link the current president Joan Orlando Hernández in drug trafficking.
SEE: Report from the New York Prosecutor’s Office confirms investigation against Joan Orlando
The Presidential House has rejected statements against the president.
Witness
During the trial, a series of witnesses will be evacuated, including the boss Devis Leonel Rivera, Chief of the Los Cachiros cartel.
But, the court also admitted the participation of an unidentified witness who will provide his statement under a pseudonym.
Fonts Ramirez is allegedly responsible for trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine in the United States and bribing police and military officials to prevent his arrest.
He allegedly funded the current president’s political campaign.
“Mr. Fuentes Ramirez is innocent of the charges against him, and this presumption remains with him during this trial unless and until he discovers at the end of the case that the government has proved his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. “, expressed his lawyer, Avraham C. Moskowitz.
SEE: Presidential House in the face of allegations against JOH: ‘it is 100% false and based on criminal lies’
+ President Hernandez expects Tony’s case to go to second instance in the US