U.S. drug trial opens for Honduran president's brother

By Brendan Pierson

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Honduran politician Juan Antonio "Tony" Hernandez smuggled tons of cocaine into the United States for years under the protection of his brother, the Central American country's current president, a U.S. prosecutor told jurors at the opening of his trial on Wednesday.

In his opening statement in federal court in Manhattan, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Richman said Hernandez even personally took a bribe for his brother from Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. He urged the jurors to find Hernandez, who was arrested in Miami last year, guilty of drug conspiracy and possessing illegal weapons.

Hernandez's ...