Juan Orlando Hernández, the ex-president of Honduras, has been found guilty of drug trafficking charges in a federal US court.
Newsbuka.com.ng, Hernández was convicted on Friday of conspiring to import cocaine into the US, and possessing “destructive devices” including machine guns.
Prosecutors said the ex-president ran Honduras like a narco-state, protecting and accepting bribes from drug traffickers.
Hernández now faces life in prison.