Once touted as a key U.S. ally in the war against drugs, former president of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández's trial begins in New York, as he stands accused of overseeing a "narco state." ...

File photo: Former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez is escorted by Members of the Police Special Forces to be extradited to U.S.to face charges of taking bribes from drug traffickers ...

The ex-president of Honduras, described by a U.S. government attorney as the man who "paved a cocaine superhighway to the United States" has been convicted of drug trafficking charges in New York.

Honduras President Xiomara Castro and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem discuss immigration and border security ...

Honduras's former president, Juan Orlando Hernández, in blue jacket, was escorted to a US Drug Enforcement Agency plane after his arrest in 2022. ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP via Getty Images.

President of Honduras Xiomara Castro delivers a speech during the first meeting of the Global School Meals Coalition in Paris, Oct. 18, 2023. Credit: AP/Julien de Rosa.

Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, has been convicted of charges alleging he used the nation's military and police to traffic cocaine to the US.

Ex-Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández on Wednesday was sentenced to 45 years in a U.S. prison for his drug trafficking and weapons conviction. The big picture: Hernández, once embraced by ...

Things are no better in Colombia, which produces about 60% of the world’s coca, the crop which is processed to make cocaine. Its leftist president Gustavo Petro is an open critic of the drug war ...

Once touted as a key U.S. ally in the war against drugs, former president of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández's trial begins in New York, as he ...

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez has been convicted in New York of conspiring with drug traffickers, his military and police to enable tons of cocaine to reach the United States.

The head of an anti-corruption organization on Wednesday demanded that Honduran President Xiomara Castro resign after a video was released in which her brother-in-law allegedly received drug money.