You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Ex-Head of Honduras’s Police Force Sentenced to 19 Years in U.S. for Drug Trafficking

HeadlineAug 02, 2024

Here in New York, the chief of the Honduran National Police has been sentenced to 19 years in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to cocaine trafficking charges. Juan Carlos “El Tigre” Bonilla was extradited to the United States in 2022 and was expected to go on trial with former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, when Bonilla accepted a plea deal.

Bonilla was accused of deploying Honduran armed forces to protect drug traffickers and enable the flow of cocaine shipments in Honduras while committing widespread human rights abuses, while receiving the backing of the United States government. Former Honduran president and longtime U.S. ally Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced to 45 years in a U.S. prison in June after a jury convicted him of cocaine trafficking.

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top