Ex-Honduran president Hernandez convicted of role in drug trafficking

Juan Orlando Hernandez has been found guilty of conspiring with drug traffickers (Andy Buchanan/Pool via AP, File)

Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted on Friday in New York of charges that he conspired with drug traffickers and used his military and national police force to enable tonnes of cocaine to make it unhindered into the United States.

The jury returned its verdict at a federal court after a two-week trial, which has been closely followed in his home country.