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Ex-head of Honduras police pleads guilty to drug trafficking; darkens outlook for ex-president
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FILE - Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, center, is taken in handcuffs to a waiting aircraft as he is extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking charges at an Air Force base in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, April 21, 2022. Hernandez's trial in New York starts Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. - photo by AP Photo/Elmer Martinez, File
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — For years, Juan Carlos Bonilla, better known as “El Tigre,” was a feared figure in Honduras. His roots were in the military and he brought that bearing to the National Police that he ultimately led. But Bonilla’s tenure was plagued by allegations of human rights violations, including running death squad s and being a hired killer for drug traffickers.