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Honduras - The Source - The Root - etc

SDNY COURTHOUSE, Oct 19 – The hypocrisy of the UN of Antonio Guterres and the corruption of a president he partners with, Juan Orlando Herandez, was shown October 18 with the SDNY guilty verdicts against presidential brother Tony Hernandez.

  Now on October 19, Guterres while still having no comment as Inner City Press has requested for week on the trial or now verdict, after he has repeatedly tried to help cover up for JOH, ventured to Washington for "Small States" meeting. He mouthed a lie -- "I have reformed the United Nations development system" -- when what he means was a power grab for his deputy Amina J. Mohammed who has a part of the Nigerian government post-dated thousands of CITES certificates for endangered rosewood already illegal sent to China from Cameroon and Nigeria.

  Then Guterres said this: "The United Nations Regional Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean has therefore proposed a Debt for Climate Adaptation Swap initiative" -- when ECLAC has been run by the name person for years and years, Alicia Barcena who follows Juan Orlando Hernandez on Twitter but has said nothing about the trial or guilty verdict. This is shameful.

  UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is so corrupt he does not answer any critics; in fact, he had Inner City Press physically roughed up by his Security and banned from entering the UN for 472 days and counting. During that time Guterres supposed JOH's second term, and as the evidence of drug trafficking grew, spoke with JOH only about... climate change. This is corruption.

 Tony Hernandez will now be sentenced on January 17, and 2:30 pm. Shouldn't Guterres be impeached by then, and that Press restored to how it covered the UN before ghoulish Guterres arrived?

  Inner City Press even before the verdict as the UN Spokespeople Stephane Dujarric and Melissa Fleming in writing, "October 18-1: On Honduras on which you have refused to answer or respond to Inner City Press' as it covers in SDNY the US v Tony Hernandez trial which continues jury deliberations today and has asked you why SG Guterres did not even bring up corruption and drug trafficking when he met president Juan Orlando Hernandez, 1) please immediately describe activities of the UN system and resident coordinator / representative on JOH's current terms and 2) what now are Guterres' belated comments and actions if any on that last night JOH's National Party majority in the Honduran parliament passed a law making itslef immune, and that Honduran police dispersed hundreds of demonstrators with tear gas on Wednesday in Tegucigalpa who demanded the resignation of President Juan Orlando Hernandez, suspected by the American courts of collaborating with the drug traffickers?"

  No answer all all. Total corruption. We'll have more on this.

 The trial began with a bang on October 2 with the charge that already life imprisoned El Chapo Guzman gave the defendant $1 million for this brother, the president. On October 7, sworn witness Alex Ardon described the meeting, with both El Chapo and Tony Hernandez present and the cash in plastic bags, see thread and see below.

The trial is before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge P. Kevin Castel and Inner City Press is live tweeting it. See also Patreon here on the fast mention and shut-down of Nikki Haley's name.

  On the afternoon of October 7 Alex Ardon continued on the stand, now describing working with El Chapo and Pepe Lobo to preserve his drug turf on the Guatemala border, paying Tony Hernandez for helicopters and having "El Chino" killed. Here's some of how it went:

Q: In 2010, what were the approximate sizes of shipments of cocaine in the defendant's helicopter? A: 320 kilos of cocaine.

 Q: Was there another helicopter? A: Yes. It is a black helicopter. Q: How often did you speak with the defendant about these shipments of cocaine? Who else attended? A: Mario Calix, Melvin Pinto... Hugo and myself

Ardon (naming names) Daniel Pinto, Hugo Pinto, Orlando Pinto, other Pintos... Q: Bring up Government Exhibit 105, at the top. Is that Mario Calix? Ardon: Yes. Q: And Exhibit 111, is this the "Primo" you mentioned earlier? Ardon: Yes.

 Q: Did anything change in how cocaine was delivered in 2011? Ardon: It changed from helicopters to boats. Q: Did Tony Hernandez explain why? Ardon: Yes. He said with boats we could traffic a larger amount of cocaine, more than with helicopters. Inner City Press @innercitypress · 48m Q: How much cocaine did the boats carry? Ardon: The first shipment was 750 kilos. Q: And what did you do with those 750 kilos? Ardon: I transported them to Guatemala.

Ardon: The largest quantity of cocaine that Tony Hernandez sent by boat was 1,600 kilos of cocaine. Q: When you moved it by truck, was there security? How provided it? Ardon: Tony Hernandez and I did. Q: Who participated? Ardon: Tony Hernandez' cousin.

 Q: How were the trucks protected? Ardon: M16s and AR-15s. Q: You said the security team in El Paraiso also had AK47s and bazookas? Ardon: Yes, always.

 Q: In 2011 did you sell cocaine to Chapo Guzman using the Televisa trucks? Ardon: Yes. Q: Who else was involved? Ardon: Tony Hernandez, Noel and Victor Blanco Q: Were the Valle brothers also involved? Ardon: Yes.

Ardon: Tony Hernandez told me he was awaiting a cocaine shipment of 1000 kilos. Q: Did it arrive? Where? Ardon: To the departamento of Colon

 Q: How were they armed? Ardon: With rifles. Q: And this Primo, how many were with him in the security detail? Ardon: Three cars, with four people in each. Q: Did you know where they worked, from how they were dressed? Ardon: With the police. The national police.

Q: What stamps did you see on the cocaine. Ardon: The T.H. stamp, and also Nike, and a stick figure, and a star. AUSA: The T.H. stamp like in Exhibit 305? Ardon: Yes.  

 Ardon: Tony Hernandez told me Franklin Arita had to be killed, that he would call Copan police chief Tigre Bonilla and get it done. AUSA: And then what happened? Ardon: He was killed.

 AUSA: I'd like to focus now on 2012... Did you have any meetings with Chapo Guzman that year? Ardon: Yes. In Guatemala. AUSA: Who else was there? Ardon: Otto, Don Amado, Chapo and I were there... AUSA: Does Exh 115 show Orellana? Ardon: Yes

 Ardon: Orellana is a very powerful drug trafficker in Guatelama. AUSA: In 2012 with Chapo, did you speak about Orellana? Ardon: Chapo Guzman said Orellana had stolen one shipment of cocaine from him and would be taking over the Guatemala - Honduras border

 AUSA: After Chapo said that, did you make any proposals? Ardon: I told Chapo that Orellana would not take over the border because I was going to be talking with Pepe Lobo to provide me protection on the border.

Ardon: I told Tony Hernandez that Orellana was going to take over the border and that I needed security at that border. AUSA: And what did Tony Hernandez say? Ardon: Tony Hernandez told me that in order to get that security, Pepe Lobo was the only one who could

 AUSA: Did you talk with Pepe Lobo with Orellana? Did he do anything? Ardon: He sent two trucks to the border...  AUSA: Did you see the soldiers on the border? How many? Ardon: Around 120 soldiers. AUSA: How were they armed? Ardon: Bazookas and M16s. 

 Ardon: Tony H told me what as long as the National Party remained in power, I would not be extradited to the US. AUSA: Did Tony H. explain why he was not going to supply you with cocaine anymore? Ardon: He told me he was going to run, and his brother for President

AUSA: How much did Tony Hernandez charge you to use his helicopters to move cocaine? Ardon: $50,000 per trip. AUSA: Who provided the pilots? Ardon: Tony Hernandez. AUSA: Did he provide security? How? Ardon: He provided radar to make sure copters weren't stopped

 Ardon: 350 kilos of cocaine was the largest amount that a helicopter could get off the ground while carrying  AUSA: Where there any problems with the drug worker you called El Chino? Ardon: Yes, Chino got arrested.

AUSA: What did Tony Hernandez says about Chino?  Ardon: Tony Hernandez said Chino would have to be killed, because he had all the information about the helicopters...

 Ardon: I told Blanco that Chino had to be murdered. AUSA: And what happened to him? Ardon: He was murdered. AUSA: Where?  Judge Castel, at 5 pm on the dot, calls end of day. 

Earlier on October 7 Ardon took the stand, estimating how much cocaine he trafficked into the United States and describing the meeting with El Chapo and Tony Hernandez. Here's some of how it went, from Inner City Press' live tweets:

With re-direct [of Dario Euraque, see thread] over, the next US witness is Alex Ardon. AUSA: Have you participated in torture? Ardon: Yes. AUSA: Do you know Tony Hernandez? Can you identify him? Ardon: Yes, and yes (pointed at defense table). Inner City Press @innercitypress · 1h AUSA: During what years did Tony Hernandez help you and your family distribute cocaine? Ardon: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013...

AUSA: Did Tony Hernandez tell you about his stamp on cocaine? Ardon: Yes. He told me a shipment was coming in with his stamp T.H. on it.  AUSA: Did you ever see Tony Hernandez armed? Ardon: All the time

  Inner City Press which has lived tweeted the whole trial after the verdict asked the defendant's lawyer Omar Malone about this client's post arrest statement, the admitted murders by the cooperating witnesses, and upcoming sentencing submission. Video and answers here.

 The trial began with a bang on October 2 with the charge that already life imprisoned El Chapo Guzman gave the defendant $1 million for this brother, the president. On October 7, cooperating witness and former mayor Alexander Ardon described the meeting, with both El Chapo Guzman and Tony Hernandez present and the cash in plastic bags, see thread and see below.

The trial was before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge P. Kevin Castel and Inner City Press was live tweeting it. See also Patreon here on the fast mention and shut-down of Nikki Haley's name.

    On Sunday October 13 Assistant US Attorney Emil Bove informed Judge Castel that a deal on evidence was reached with Tony Hernandez' lawyers, to modify and presumably expand how much of the defendant's post arrest statement will be seen by the jury; DEA Agent Gonzalez who conducted the interview with not be subject to more cross examination. See Patreon, here.

 Here was the letter: "The Government writes to inform the Court that the parties have reached agreement regarding Government Exhibits 403 and 403-T, which contain excerpts of the defendant’s postarrest statement. (See Tr. 754). Although the Government believes that the defendant waived any argument under the Rule of Completeness by failing to timely object (see id. at 745-47), the Government has agreed in response to defense requests to modify certain segments of the recording (GX 403) and the corresponding transcript (GX 403-T). The Government will publish the modified segments to the jury on Tuesday, October 15. The parties are also in agreement that there will be no further cross-examination of Special Agent Gonzalez.  Respectfully submitted,  GEOFFREY S. BERMAN  United States Attorney By Emil J. Bove III."

 And here the post arrest statement as so far put in to the jury, as uploaded to YouTube by Inner City Press, here. The case is US v. Diaz Morales, 15-cr-00379 (Castel).

Inner City Press will continue to cover this and other SDNY and 2nd Circuit cases - watch this site, and there is more on Patreon, here.