Ex-Prosecutor Seeks Judiciary Audit After Ardón Acquittal

Published on Honduras Daily · Aug 30, 2026 · Originally reported August 29, 2026 by El Heraldo

Former prosecutor Nilia Ramos faulted Honduras's courts for acquitting Alexander Ardón — who confessed in a U.S. court to drug trafficking and a role in 56 murders — on money-laundering charges on August 24, and called for an audit of the judiciary to determine what went wrong.

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