FILE PHOTO: Honduras’ President Juan Orlando Hernandez addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez said on Thursday that he had never intervened to protect anybody, after his brother was accused of smuggling tons of cocaine into the United States for years under Hernandez’s protection.
“I’ve never intervened, nor will I, to protect anybody,” including family members, Hernandez told a news conference in the Honduran capital.
Reporting by Gustavo Palencia, Writing by Daina Beth Solomon
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