A central figure in a more than 18-year-long drug-trafficking scheme, protected for years by machine guns.
A central figure in a more than 18-year-long drug-trafficking scheme, protected for years by machine guns.
Traffickers paid him millions of dollars in bribes to allow cocaine to be smuggled from Colombia and Venezuela through Honduras on to the US.
Traffickers paid him millions of dollars in bribes to allow cocaine to be smuggled from Colombia and Venezuela through Honduras on to the US.
He shielded drug traffickers armed with machine guns and grenade launchers.
In exchange, he received millions of $$ to fuel his political campaigns.
He shielded drug traffickers armed with machine guns and grenade launchers.
In exchange, he received millions of $$ to fuel his political campaigns.
The case against Hernandez was overwhelming, and he wasn't alone.
He did it with his brother, a former Honduran congressman now in prison for life.
The case against Hernandez was overwhelming, and he wasn't alone.
He did it with his brother, a former Honduran congressman now in prison for life.
Enough to supply five doses to everyone living in America.
Enough to supply five doses to everyone living in America.
The Hernández brothers had been on the take for more than a decade, moving Colombian cocaine through Honduras and toward the US, sometimes in collaboration with the Sinaloa cartel, El Chapo.
The Hernández brothers had been on the take for more than a decade, moving Colombian cocaine through Honduras and toward the US, sometimes in collaboration with the Sinaloa cartel, El Chapo.
Their criminality turned Honduras into one of the principal transshipment points for cocaine in the world and one of the most violent places in the world.
Their criminality turned Honduras into one of the principal transshipment points for cocaine in the world and one of the most violent places in the world.
8 days after Tony was convicted, Sanabria was shot and stabbed to death.
6 weeks later, his lawyer was killed.
3 days after that, the warden of the prison was killed, too.
8 days after Tony was convicted, Sanabria was shot and stabbed to death.
6 weeks later, his lawyer was killed.
3 days after that, the warden of the prison was killed, too.
One used his presidential authority to traffic hundreds of tons of cocaine to the US with the aid of his brother, whom, under his leadership, the government protected.
Trump has now set him free, one of the most prolific narco traffickers.
One used his presidential authority to traffic hundreds of tons of cocaine to the US with the aid of his brother, whom, under his leadership, the government protected.
Trump has now set him free, one of the most prolific narco traffickers.