Son of ex-Honduran president gets 24 years for U.S. drug charge

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

#U.S. SEPTEMBER 5, 2017 / 6:46 PM / AN HOUR AGO

Son of ex-Honduran president gets 24 years for U.S. drug charge

Brendan Pierson
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The son of former Honduran President Porfirio Lobo was sentenced to 24 years in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to a U.S. charge of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States.

Fabio Lobo, 46, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield in Manhattan federal court. He had pleaded guilty in May 2016, about a year after he was arrested in Haiti in a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration sting.

Lobo’s father was elected president of Honduras in late 2009 after a military coup ousted then-President Manuel Zelaya. Porfirio Lobo left office in January 2014, when current president Juan Orlando Hernandez took office.

Before being sentenced, Lobo tearfully apologized to his wife, three daughters and other family members, some of whom were sitting in the courtroom.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-honduras-drugs/son-of-ex-honduran-president-gets-24-years-for-u-s-drug-charge-idUSKCN1BG393

[Marksman_91]

1. Huh... just like Maduro's narconephews

Bet you'll see plenty of chavistas celebrating this but won't ever say a word about it when it involves family members of left-leaning governments.