In Honduras, for instance, President Juan Orlando Hernández has been cited as an unindicted co-conspirator in various cases in US federal court involving major drug traffickers, including his brother who was sentenced to life in prison in 2021. It’s hard to believe that organized crime is so pervasive. Are [such leaders] going to bow to the US or dig in?
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