{"id":8543,"date":"2024-03-12T11:57:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T15:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinamericasecurityreport.com\/?p=8543"},"modified":"2024-03-13T12:33:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T16:33:52","slug":"ex-honduras-first-lady-announces-run-for-presidency-days-after-husbands-drug-trafficking-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinamericasecurityreport.com\/?p=8543","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Honduras First Lady Announces Run for Presidency Days After Husband\u2019s Drug Trafficking Conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, left, stands with his wife Ana Garcia, during the presidential inauguration ceremony for his second term at the National Stadium in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Jan. 27, 2018. The former first lady said Tuesday, March 12, 2024, just days after her husband\u2019s U.S. drug trafficking conviction, that she plans to seek the country\u2019s presidency in 2025. (AP Photo\/Fernando Antonio, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former Honduras first lady Ana Garc\u00eda de Hern\u00e1ndez said Tuesday, just days after her husband\u2019s U.S. drug trafficking conviction, that she plans to seek the country\u2019s presidency next year.<\/p>\n

Ex-President Juan Orlando Hern\u00e1ndez was convicted of conspiring with drug traffickers<\/a><\/span> moving tons of cocaine to the United States in a federal court in Manhattan Friday.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, his wife said in a news conference: \u201cI want to tell you that from this moment I will start an active and proactive fight for the world to know the injustice that was committed.\u201d She said she would do so by seeking the nomination of Hern\u00e1ndez\u2019s National party.<\/p>\n

Hern\u00e1ndez, who maintained his innocence throughout his trial, could be sentenced to life in prison.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know what has to be done, I know the job, I know the dedication and the fight my husband has had every day and I know Honduras\u2019 great needs, and one of the greatest is the injustice we\u2019ve just seen,\u201d Garc\u00eda de Hern\u00e1ndez said.<\/p>\n

Marco Eliud Gir\u00f3n, a lawmaker from the ruling LIBRE party, said that Garc\u00eda de Hern\u00e1ndez could run, but asserted that she surely knew of her husband\u2019s ties to drug traffickers. He suggested her entry into politics had more to do with reducing her own legal exposure.<\/p>\n

Hern\u00e1ndez was arrested at his home in Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital, three months after leaving office in 2022 and was extradited to the U.S. in April of that year.<\/p>\n

– AP News<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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