Washington Post
“Honduran president, a Trump [Obama, Trudeau, Harper] ally, implicated in drug trafficking, tries to win over Biden”
By Kevin Sieff, Feb. 12, 2021
 
Rights Action took the liberty of correcting the title. The WP editors forgot that Juan Orlando Hernandez, the drug-trafficking, military-backed president of Honduras, was also a “democratic ally” of President Obama, Prime Minister Harper, and remains a “democratic ally” of Prime Minister Trudeau.
 
When a media outlet like the WP reports this extensively about the drug-trafficking, military backed leader of Honduras, imagine how much the US government and media really know about this regime – propped up and kept in power by the US, Canada and other “international community” actors since the June 28, 2009 military coup ousted Honduras’ last democratic government.

“Somoza is our son of a bitch”
In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt is reported to have said that "Somoza may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch", referring to the ruthless military-backed dictator of Nicaragua that the US government was propping up.
 

 
‘Juan Orlando Hernandez is our narco-trafficking son of a bitch’
One can imagine US and Canadian leaders saying: ‘Juan Orlando Hernandez is a narco-trafficking son of a bitch, but he is our narco-trafficking son of a bitch’, referring to the military-backed dictator of Honduras, illegally in power since (pretty much) the 2009 US and Canadian-backed coup.
 
Background
Honduran president target of U.S. investigation, court filings show - by Laura Gottesdiener, Feb.8, 2021, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-honduras/honduran-president-target-of-u-s-investigation-court-filings-show-idUSKBN2A8291
US motions expand drug claims against Honduras president - by Claudia Torrens, AP News, January 9, 2021, https://apnews.com/article/international-news-honduras-united-states-e22425a26c8a227eb4f67d851c3b8a6e
US supports Honduran government that forces many to migrate as it protects drug trafficking - by Tim Steller, Tucson Star, Sep. 12, 2020, https://tucson.com/news/local/star-investigation-us-supports-honduran-government-that-forces-many-to-migrate-as-it-protects-drug/article_cbfacb4c-dc94-50e8-a80f-82f307574662.html
U.S. Justice Department Indicts Honduran Former National Police Chief on Cocaine Trafficking Charges - https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-chief-honduran-national-police-charged-drug-trafficking-and-weapons-offenses
Key witness arrested in drug case against brother of Honduran president - by David Adams & Jeff Ernst, 14 Feb. 2020, https://www.univision.com/univision-news/latin-america/key-witness-arrested-in-drug-case-against-brother-of-the-honduran-president
Witness directly involves president of Honduras in use of drug money for campaigns - by Jeff Ernst, 8 Oct. 2019, https://www.univision.com/univision-news/latin-america/witness-directly-involves-the-president-of-honduras-in-the-use-of-drug-money-for-his-campaigns
 

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