Juan Antonio Hernández Alvarado, known as Tony Hernández (born June 13, 1978), is a Honduran convicted drug trafficker, lawyer, politician, member of the

National Party of Honduras The National Party of Honduras (PNH; es, Partido Nacional de Honduras) is a conservative political party in Honduras founded on 27 February 1902, by Manuel Bonilla Chirinos. Historically it has been one of the two most influential parties in t ...

and former deputy in the

National Congress of Honduras The National Congress ( es, Congreso Nacional) is the legislative branch of the government of Honduras. Organization The Honduran Congress is a unicameral legislature. The nominal President of the National Congress of Honduras is currentl ...

(2014–2018) representing Lempira. He is the brother of

Juan Orlando Hernández Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado (; born 28 October 1968), also known as JOH, is a Honduran lawyer and politician who served as President of Honduras from 2014 to 2022. A member of the National Party, Hernández previously served as the presi ...

, the former President of Honduras. On November 23, 2018, Juan Antonio Hernández was arrested in Miami on

drug trafficking A drug is any chemical substance that causes a change in an organism's physiology or psychology when consumed. Drugs are typically distinguished from food and substances that provide nutritional support. Consumption of drugs can be via insuffla ...

charges. On November 26, 2018, he was formally charged in a federal court with importing tons of cocaine into the United States between 2004 and 2016, as well as on weapons charges. On October 18, 2019, he was found guilty of drug trafficking charges. Hernández used the millions of dollars he earned through the drug trade and bribes to help fund the National Party of Honduras, led by his brother. This included a million-dollar bribe from former Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. Despite his brother pledging to cooperate with US counter-narcotic operations in return for economic aid to Honduras, Hernández was also found to have alerted drug traffickers about US-led night raids. Hernández was accused of ordering the assassinations of multiple people, including former business partner

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after he was convicted. In addition, he also arranged the murders of López Sanabria's lawyer as well as the warden of the prison that housed López Sanabria. On March 30, 2021, Tony Hernández was sentenced to life in prison by U.S. District Judge

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Family life

His parents are Juan Hernández Villanueva and Elvira Alvarado Castillo. He is married to Miriam Vanessa Cruz Sierra. He has 16 siblings, including

and

Hilda Hernández Hilda Rosario Hernández Alvarado (5 October 1966 Gracias, Honduras – (?) 16 December 2017 Yerba Buena, Honduras) was an agronomy engineer and Honduran politician. She held posts in the nationalist governments of Ricardo Maduro, Porfirio Lo ...

(1966–2017).

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Indictment of Juan Antonio Hernández
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hernández, Juan Antonio 1978 births Deputies of the National Congress of Honduras Honduran drug traffickers Honduran people imprisoned abroad Honduran politicians convicted of crimes Honduran prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment Living people National Party of Honduras politicians Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by the United States federal government 21st-century Honduran lawyers