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Prosecutors in New York said Mr Bonilla oversaw the multi-tonne shipments of cocaine bound for the US, was involved in “extreme violence” and trusted with “special assignments”, including the murder of a rival trafficker at Juan Antonio Hern\u00e1ndez’s request in 2011.<\/p>\n
They accused Mr Bonilla of taking bribes from the president’s brother to allow drug shipments to pass through the country, and gave information about the activities of law enforcement to traffickers.<\/p>\n
Mr Bonilla was named police chief in 2012 in an attempt by then-President Porfirio Lobo to clean up corruption, despite having previously faced murder charges.<\/p>\n
Mr Bonilla, 60, has been charged by US prosecutors with conspiring to import cocaine into the US and with carrying machine guns, charges that carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.<\/p>\n
His whereabouts are unknown but he told Honduran television he would go wherever necessary to defend himself, saying: “I feel my dignity has been completely offended because I’m not a drug trafficker.”<\/p>\n
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<\/a>President Juan Orlando Hern\u00e1ndez has consistently denied any involvement with drug trafficking<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
Honduras is a major transit route for cocaine smuggled from Colombia and other South American nations to the US.<\/p>\n
Thousands of Hondurans have left the country in recent years, mainly for the US, because of violence and poverty.<\/p>\n
Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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