Honduras Wraps Money-Laundering Trial of Key Hernández Witness

Published on Honduras Daily · Aug 9, 2026 · Originally reported August 8, 2026 by Radio América

A Honduran court has finished the money-laundering trial of Alexander Ardón, a confessed drug trafficker whose testimony was central to the U.S. conviction of former president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was sentenced to 45 years; the verdict is due August 24.

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