Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez took millions of dollars in bribes from drug lords including jailed Mexican kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, a US prosecutor said Wednesday at the opening of his brother's trial.
The president's brother, Juan Antonio Hernandez -- a former Honduran congressman also known as Tony -- was arrested at a Miami airport in November 2018 for conspiring to import cocaine into the
United States, weapons offenses and making false statements.
"The defendant was protected by the current president, who has received millions of dollars in bribes from drug traffickers like 'El Chapo' Guzman, who personally delivered one million dollars to the defendant for his brother," prosecutor Jason Richman said.