TEGUCIGALPÁ – TEGUCIGALPÁHonduran President Juan Orlando Hernández warned Wednesday that antinarcotics cooperation with the United States could “collapse” if U.S.
authorities believe “false testimony” in U.S. courts accusing him of cooperating with traffickers. Hernández spoke before the Central American country's legislature a day after several Democratic U.S.
senators backed a bill calling on President Joe Biden to impose sanctions on Hernández and “determine whether he is a specially designated narcotics trafficker.” Hernández has repeatedly denied testimony by witnesses in U.S.
drug prosecutions — one of which convicted his brother — accusing him of protecting and taking bribes from traffickers. He has not been charged, however.