Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for drug trafficking offences.
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández has been sentenced to 45 years in prison and given an $8 million fine by a US judge for drug trafficking offences.
He has previously denied the charges against him and at his sentencing on Wednesday insisted that he is innocent and was wrongly and unjustly accused.
In March, a jury in New York found Mr. Hernández guilty on three drug trafficking charges after a two-week trial in the Manhattan federal court.
He was extradited from Honduras after the US Department of Justice filed three drug-trafficking and firearms related charges against him in 2022.
Prosecutors had accused the 55-year-old of conspiring with drug cartels during his tenure as they moved more than 400 tonnes of cocaine through Honduras toward the United States.
In exchange, prosecutors said, Mr. Hernández received millions of dollars in bribes that he used to fuel his rise in Honduran politics.
He served as president of Honduras from 2014 until 2022.
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