TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS.- After the testimony of the former drug cartel leader “Los Cachiros” Devis Leonel Rivera Maradiaga, his name came up because he had received money from drug trafficking, the former president of Honduras, Jose Manuel Zelaya, he flatly denied these allegations.
“The irrefutable proof that I have never received a bribe is that I have never appointed a minister, either because of organized crime or under pressure from the US Embassy,” was the message that ex-Governor Zelaya posted on his Twitter account with regarding the allegations. that came from the Southern District Court in New York.
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Formerly the name of the party leader Freedom and reaffirmation It had also come to light during the first hearing against Fuentes, where it was revealed that the alleged drug trafficker had Zelaya’s contact person in his phone book.
He assaulted JOH prior to the hearing
In the hours prior to the start of the trial against Geovanny Fuentes, the ex-president attacked the current president Juan Orlando Hernandez on the social network, to make sure it was the United States who supported Hernández, knowing he had several allegations of collusion with organized crime.
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