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<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1aee69c57d38f68dfd0f04551b0dd0ba" style="color:#292121;font-size:14px"><strong>Former Honduras first lady Ana Garcia de Hernandez announces run for presidency just days after her husband&#8217;s drug trafficking conviction in US </strong></h1>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e868f766052b376cc1320478517a4842" style="color:#292121;font-size:14px"><strong>Ana García de Hernández, the former first lady of Honduras, will run for president in 2025 </strong></h1>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a9eecbe4e6fc15070a458942a10a149d" style="color:#292121;font-size:14px"><strong>Her announcement was made Tuesday, four days following the conviction of her husband, President Juan Orlando Hernández, in a federal court in New York </strong></h1>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-96c24bd5409ba8cc1423025ce2798454" style="color:#292121;font-size:14px"><strong>Ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández, 55, is facing a possible life sentence after his conviction March 8, in NY for conspiring with drug traffickers to smuggle tons of cocaine to the US </strong></h1>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b44654e11b8d98c6c53d8211db450092" style="color:#292121;font-size:14px"><strong><strong>He was accused of having moved more than 550 tons of cocaine to the US and taking cash from El Chapo Guzman to finance his political campaign</strong></strong></h1>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-be4b63f8f69e23e1d455e65f5b4f061a" style="color:#292121;font-size:14px"><strong>García de Hernández said she &#8216;will begin an active and proactive fight so that the world knows the injustice that was committed&#8217; against the former president </strong></h1>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Four days after her husband, President Juan Orlando Hernández, was convicted on drug trafficking and firearm charges by a federal court in New York, <strong>the former first lady of Honduras, Ana García de Hernández, [photo], revealed Tuesday that she will seek the presidency in 2025</strong></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Former Honduras first lady Ana García de Hernández, a 55-year-old lawyer, announced Tuesday that she will be seeking her party&#8217;s ticket for the country&#8217;s presidency next year. Coincidentally, her announcement comes just days after her husband, former president, Juan Orlando Hernández, was convicted on drug trafficking and weapons charges in a US court.<br>Ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández, 55, is facing a possible life sentence after his conviction Friday, March 8, in a federal court in New York for conspiring with drug traffickers to smuggle tons of cocaine to the United States. <br>During the two week trial at the federal court in Manhattan, the former President of Honduras was accused of conspiring with traffickers and used his military and police force to enable tons of cocaine to make it unhindered into the US.to import cocaine into the United States and aiding traffickers like Mexican drug lord Joaquin &#8216;El Chapo&#8217; Guzman in the process. <br>The drug trafficking and weapons charges claim the former president moved more than 550 tons of cocaine to the US and took $1 million from El Chapo Guzman ahead of the country&#8217;s 2013 presidential campaign.This was repeated in 2017.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>&#8216;I want to tell you that as of this moment I will begin an active and proactive fight so that the world knows the injustice that was committed,&#8217; García de Hernández flanked by daughters Ana and Isabela, <strong>[photo], </strong> said Tuesday</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8216;I want to tell you that as of this moment I will begin an active and proactive fight so that the world knows the injustice that was committed,&#8217; García de Hernández said Tuesday.<br>Accompanied by daughters, Ana and Isabela, the former first lady said that she will be running the National Party ticket in the 2025 elections.<br>&#8216;I know what has to be done, I know the job,&#8217; said. &#8216;I recognize the dedication and fight my husband has had every day and I know Honduras&#8217; great needs, and one of the greatest is the injustice we&#8217;ve just seen.&#8217;</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>President Juan Orlando Hernández [center], was extradited in handcuffs to the United States, at an Air Force base in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, April 21, 2022 </strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong><strong>Former president Hernández, [photo],</strong></strong> <strong>is looking at a possible life sentence following his conviction on drug trafficking and firearm charges in New York last week Friday.</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Juan Orlando Hernández was found guilty of conspiring to import cocaine to the United States, using and carrying machine guns in furtherance of conspiring to import cocaine and conspiring to use machine guns to further that conspiracy.<br>From about 2004 to 2022, the former president abused his authority by accepting millions of dollars in bribes from drug traffickers to allow them to transport cocaine to the United States, the U.S. Justice Department said during that trial. In return, the president used the proceeds to fuel his political ambitions in the Central American country. Ultimately he <br>In return the president used the cash to fuel his political ambitions, successfully, to serve two terms as the country&#8217;s leader. </p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The former president&#8217;s brother, Congressman Juan Antonio Hernández [photo], was found guilty by a federal court in New York on drug trafficking and firearm charges in October 2019 and sentenced to life in prison in March 2021</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">During 2019 the trial of his former Congressman brother, Juan Antonio Hernández, a key government witness testified before the New York court that Joaquín &#8216;El Chapo&#8217; Guzmán had contributed $1 million ahead of Juan Orlando Hernández&#8217;s 2013 presidential campaign in exchange for protection.<br>The future president sent his brother and an associate, who has not been identified, with machine guns to collect El Chapo&#8217;s payment.<br>The brother, Congressman Juan Antonio Hernández, was found guilty by a federal court in New York on drug trafficking and firearm charges in October 2019 and sentenced to life in prison in March 2021.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Former first family of Honduras: Juan Orlando Hernández was found guilty of conspiring to import cocaine to the United States, using and carrying machine guns in furtherance of conspiring to import cocaine and conspiring to use machine guns to further that conspiracy </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">President Hernández was arrested at the family residence in Tegucigalpa, Honduras&#8217; capital, in February 2022, just three months after leaving office. He was then extradited to the United States in 2022 in April of that year.<br>After his conviction, Juan Orlando Hernández<strong> </strong>looking at the possibility of life in prison is planning on filing an appeal, according to his attorneys.<br>When it comes to plans of prolonging the span of the Hernández political dynasty, a major hurdle for the former first lady should her ambition prove successful, is that going back years former president Hernández is widely despised in Honduras, especially as he trampled a constitutional ban on reelection to run again and hold on to power in a highly fraught election, marred by irregularities.<br>Another school of thought is that the former first lady&#8217;s entry into politics has more to do with reducing her own legal exposure. Sure García de Hernández could run, but surely she knew of her husband´s ties to drug traffickers said Marco Eliud Girón, a lawmaker from the ruling LIBRE party.<br><br></p>

‘World knows the injustice that was committed’ against the president – Ana Garcia de Hernandez, former Honduras first lady announces presidential run four days after husband’s drug trafficking conviction
