Plane Linked to Hernández Brothers Joins Cloud-Seeding Effort

Published on Honduras Daily · Sep 30, 2026 · Originally reported September 29, 2026 by Criterio.hn

A plane owned by a company whose proprietor was tied to drug trafficking involving former presidents Juan Orlando and Juan Antonio Hernández in the Pandora case is taking part in the government's cloud-seeding operation to fight drought in Honduras's dry corridor, at a cost of more than 16 million lempiras (about $640,000).

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