NEW YORK, USA. – The Honduran Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez was unanimously found guilty of the crimes of conspiracy to import cocaine and crimes related to weapons involving the use and possession of machine guns and destructive devices. Last Tuesday, the jury ruled in New York, United States.
The jury responsible for the case, consisting of 12 people, after hearing all the testimonies and knowing all the evidence, determined that the drug cartel employee “Los Cachiro” he is guilty, so now he will have to wait until June 23 to hear his verdict.
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Response from President Hernández
Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández was one of the first to respond after learning of the conviction against Geovanny Fuentes on drug trafficking charges in a New York court and after a media case denouncing the ruler’s name. the light came. a direct way.
“Any story about the fight against drug trafficking in Honduras that omits the unprecedented 95% reduction (official US data) we have achieved is generally just a vehicle for dramatic headlines to promote the false testimonials of the drug traffickers who we have reports, ”he wrote on twitter.
The judgment against Ramirez sources It started two weeks ago, during which time the witness statements and prosecutors were known detailing how the suspect helped in the drug trade and bribed the Honduran authorities to facilitate its passage.
The statements also revealed the names of well-known Honduran politicians and current authorities, including the president Juan Orlando Hernandez, the appointed Presidencyl Ricardo Alvarez, the current nationalist deputy Oscar Najera and the former presidents, Porfirio Lobo Y Manuel Zelaya Rosales
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A “prolific” and “murderous” drug dealer
Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez was captured at Miami International Airport, Florida, United States on March 1, 2020. US authorities paired him up as a partner Juan Antonio “Tony” Hernández, former deputy and brother of the president, who is still in the same country pending his sentence.
After his capture Geoffrey from BermanThe Manhattan federal prosecutor said that “ Fuentes Ramírez paved the way for the unopposed shipment of several tons of cocaine, bribing police officers and a high-ranking Honduran politician, and reporting directly to Tony Hernández, another conspirator in the plan and a former Honduran Congressman. “
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The Justice Department also said the Honduran used his contacts with politicians and police members to operate a cocaine lab in Honduras and distribute the drug by air and sea routes. His laboratory is said to have been installed in 2009 and since then he is said to have committed various crimes, including several murders, up to the time of his capture.
Berman described at the time Ramírez sources as a “prolific, powerful and murderous drug dealer in Honduras.”