Mauricio Hernandez, JOH’s cousin, pleads guilty before the trial

Former policeman Mauricio HernandezAccused of drug trafficking by Southern District Court of New YorkPleaded guilty ahead of trial scheduled for February 12, 2024 JUAN ORLANDO HERNANDEZ And Juan Carlos “El Tigre” Bonilla.

The Honduran appeared this Friday at a guilty plea hearing “held before Trial Judge Robert W. Lehrberger.”

“Defendant pled guilty to count one of Superseding Indictment S4 of 21 USC 963, 952(a).”, confirms the resolution.

Mauricio Hernandez, 51, is a former high-ranking member of the Honduran National Police. He was released from the police on August 23, 2018.

Since September 4, 2019, the United States has charged the former police officer with “participating in and supporting activities. Drug trafficking” He was charged with three counts related to drug activity. One of them involved conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States.

“Among other things, Hernández Pineda provided armed security, including men carrying machine guns, for multi-ton cocaine shipments sent through Honduras, and provided his associates with confidential information about planned operations so they could avoid detection while transporting the cocaine. Honduras by,” the indictment reads.

Hernandez Pineda is also described as having “earned thousands of dollars in drug proceeds.” He surrendered to United States justice in early 2020.

In February 2020, the former police officer voluntarily surrendered to the United States justice system to answer the charges. He traveled to Guatemala and surrendered at that nation’s airport DEA agents.

Official documents indicate that Hernandez Pineda’s arrest was recorded on February 12, 2020 at 5:45 p.m.