Global Courant 2023-05-15 03:42:16
A cousin of the former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández Alvaradowas shot to death in the last hours in the municipality of Gracias, Lempira.
Lesmin Jamin Alvarado Mayvel, 34 years old, was attacked with bullets after leaving a discotheque.
The affected person was transferred to the Juan Manuel Gálvez hospital, where at about 01:18 am this Sunday he was declared dead. His relatives arrived at the hospital to recognize and claim the body.
Agents of the Investigative Police also arrived at the morgue of the care center to take expertise on the case.
Lesmin Alvarado He lived in the village of San José de los Altos, Gracias, Lempira.
Lesmin Jamin Alvarado Mayvel He was the cousin of Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado, who presided over Honduras between 2014 and 2022.
Juan Orlando Hernandez He was accused by the United States Government of cocaine trafficking and possession of heavy weapons, charges to which he pleaded not guilty at a hearing in New York after being extradited to face trial.
The former Honduran president, detained in the federal prison in Brooklyn County, is accused of three crimes committed between 2004 and 2022: conspiracy to import cocaine, possession of machine guns and heavy weapons and conspiracy to possess said weapons, for which He can be sentenced to life in prison if found guilty.
His brother, former congressman Juan Antonio Hernández, is serving a life sentence in a US prison, a sentence imposed on him by Judge Castel in March 2021 after convicting him of charges also related to drug trafficking.
The former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, the day he was extradited to the United States.
