Has the US Nabbed Honduras' Narco-Presidente?

<p>Just shy of two months since leaving office, former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez will soon be extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking and weapons charges in federal court. <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7nqzz/the-us-wants-to-extradite-the-former-president-of-honduras-on-drug-charges" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hernandez is accused </a>of helping traffic drugs in order to, as one witness alleges, “shove the drugs right up the noses of gringos.” Once a US ally in the war on drugs, now stands accused of overseeing a narco-state. VICE World News’<a href="https://twitter.com/mexicoreporter?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Deborah Bonello</a> digs into what the arrest of this powerful player could tell us about drug trafficking in Central America.&nbsp;</p><br><p>This episode was reported by Deborah Bonello and produced by Sayre Quevedo and <a href="mailto:stephanie.kariuki@vice.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stephanie Kariuki</a>.</p><br><p>VICE News Reports is hosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/adrs?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Arielle Duhaime-Ross</a> and produced by Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, Adriana Tapia, Steph Brown, Sam Eagan, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek, Adizah Eghan, and Sam Greenspan. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi, Natasha Jacobs and Kyle Murdock.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Our executive producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. </p><br><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>