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Hernandez went on trial in a Manhattan federal court two years after his arrest and extradition to the US.

"This is a case about power. About corruption, about massive amounts of cocaine," a federal prosecutor said Wednesday.

Witnesses, including former drug traffickers turned collaborators, said Hernández received bribes to fund his political rise, enrich himself and manipulate elections.

"This is a case about power. About corruption, about massive amounts of cocaine," a federal prosecutor said Wednesday.

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was described by a prosecutor Wednesday at the start of his drug trial as a corrupt politician who let his country's biggest drug traffickers fuel his rise to power but was portrayed by his defense lawyer as a heroic leader who worked with U.S. authorities to fight the drug trade. Hernández went on trial in Manhattan federal court two years after his arrest and extradition to the U.S. to face drug trafficking and weapons charges af...

A prosecutor has described former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, at the start of his trial, as a corrupt politician who let his country’s biggest drug traffickers fuel his rise

Hernandez went on trial in a Manhattan federal court two years after his arrest and extradition to the US.

The celebration event put on by the Union Programming Council included activities and food in the Union courtyard.

A second drug dealer who worked in the Brooklyn crew that sold “The Wire” actor Michael K. Williams a fatal dose of heroin pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court Thursday. 

More than a dozen states have proposed legislation that would effectively restrict drag performances.