Honduran president calls brother's US drug trafficking sentence 'outrageous'

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez's brother was sentenced to life in prison by a New York judge Tuesday for large-scale drug trafficking after a trial that implicated the leader of the Central American country. Credit: AFP Photo

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez described his brother's sentence of life in prison by a New York judge Tuesday for drug trafficking as "outrageous," following a trial in which the Central American leader was himself implicated.

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"What happened today is something hard for the family and I do not wish it on anyone," the president said of his brother Tony Hernandez in a statement.

"I find it outrageous, incredible that the false testimonies of confessed murderers are heard and valued in this way."