Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
On the eve of knowing if Juan Orlando Hernández, former president of Honduras (2014-2022), will be extradited to the United States for crimes related to drug trafficking, more revelations exposed in a documentary miniseries, in this case, of the National Anticorruption Council (CNA), revive the controversy.
That anti-corruption entity presented yesterday, Monday, a report aimed at clarifying the economic outlook of the Hernandez family.
The X-ray of the CNA, set with information from digital portals Criterio.hn and Big Animal Stepstitled “The Fall of a President”describes that Hernández and his close family environment amassed a fortune made up of 109 real estate, 11 companies and 267 million lempiras included in investments in commercial companies.
The details revealed by the CNA indicate that Ana García de Hernández, former first lady, together with her husband, acquired 7 companies and 70 real estate valued in the 191 million lempiras ($7.8 million). These goods are scattered, according to CNA, in the cities of Tegucigalpa, Gracias, Lempira, and in the department of Olancho.
“The appearance of the Hernández Alvarado and García Carías families in corruption scandals, and links with drug trafficking, reveals the fact that in no time they managed to obtain so many properties in Honduras and abroad,” reads the report of the CNA.
CHRONOLOGY OF HOUSES ACQUIRED
2003
First buy
1) Juan Orlando Hernández a residence in the Rubén Darío neighborhood, in Tegucigalpa, for a value of L. 1,200,000.
2006
second purchase
Juan Orlando Hernández acquired a residence in the Hato de Enmedio neighborhood, in the capital area, for a value of L. 2,448,000.
2010
third purchase
He acquired a house in the Tepeyac neighborhood of the capital for 2,177,000 lempiras.
2011
fourth purchase
Acquires a house in the Hato de Enmedio neighborhood for 4,931,000 lempiras.
2013
fifth purchase
Acquires a residence in the Villas Las Palmeras neighborhood of San Ignacio, for 5,909,000 lempiras. There, Hernández was captured in February.
On the other hand, the CNA report describes acquisitions of security companies, such as one in Lempira, owned by relatives of the former president, and which obtained 45 contracts state for L. 390,000,000 between 2006 and 2021.
Also detailed is the acquisition of a company called River Investmentscreated by Juan Orlando Hernández and his brother, Antoniosentenced in New York for drug trafficking, in addition, Hilda Hernandezher sister, and Ana García, appear as shareholder partners, according to the report.
Among other assets, it is indicated that the Hernández family founded the Villa Verde urban project in 2013, in Gracias, Lempira.
Finally, the report mentions the residence acquired by Ana García in Miami, United Statesspecifically in the county of Broward, high surplus value. It was in 2013 when he paid $19,738,000. It was sold, following a media scandal, in November 2019.
“After the request for the extradition of Juan Orlando Hernández was made official, the assets of the Hernández Alvarado family in the city of Gracias, Lempira, began to be guarded by police elements,” the report concludes.
Juan Orlando Hernández awaits the judge’s decision on the extradition request of the Court of the Southern District of New York, which charges him with three charges related to drug trafficking even while he was serving as president. The hearing will take place tomorrow morning in Tegucigalpa.
