Ana Garcia, wife of the former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandezconvicted last Friday in New York of three drug-trafficking crimes, announced Tuesday that he will run for president of his country under the now-opposition National Party.

“Today I want to announce to Honduras that I have decided to nominate my candidacy for the post of President of the Republic. National Party for the period 2026-2030,” Garcia said in a post on the social network X.

He added that starting Wednesday he would begin his “crusade for justice” and invited his followers to go to the National Party Central Committee headquarters in the Honduran capital in the morning.

Garcia, who served as first lady of Honduras during her husband’s two four-year terms (2014-2018 and 2018-2022), said she decided to run for president in the 2025 general election “given the injustices we have seen.” lately” and visiting “request of thousands of Hondurans who expressed their support for me“.

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Since her husband was extradited to the United States on April 21, 2022, where will stand trial for drug traffickingThe former first lady accuses Hernandez of injustice because, in her words, “he is innocent.”

Hernandez, once a U.S. ally in the fight against drug trafficking in Central America, He was found guilty of importing cocaine into this country. and use of a weapon, which could result in him spending the rest of his life in prison.

Judge Kevin Castel set a tentative date of June 26 sentence HernandezA 55-year-old man who years ago boasted of his close relationship with the United States.

However, the United States government has persistently stated, both in documents and during the trial in New York, which ended with a guilty verdict last Friday, that the former president stated that He wanted to “shove drugs under the gringo’s nose”, and that “they won’t even notice.” (EFE)