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New York, Mar 30 (EFE/EPA).- The brother of the president of Honduras was sentenced Tuesday to life imprisonment plus 30 years in prison for drug trafficking in a Manhattan court. (Camera: ALBA VIGARAY)SHOT LIST: THE OUTSIDE OF THE COURTS WHERE THE SENTENCING FOR JUAN ANTONIO "TONY" HERNANDEZ, BROTHER OF THE HONDURAN PRESIDENT, TOOK PLACE IN MANHATTAN , NEW YORK, US.SOUND BITES: VÍCTOR MANUEL GUEVARA, A HONDURAN RESIDING IN JERSEY (IN SPANISH)TRANSLATION:I think it was what all Hondurans expected from the judge, to give this person jail for life because basically he has done a lot of damage to our country along with his brother and all his relatives taking advantage of all the power he had in the government as the judge said with all the military and the armed forces of our country. I believe that this day is a victorious day for Honduras. I think the Honduran people are very happy, very satisfied. I think it is a victory, one of many to come. And we are happy, satisfied by the sentence that they gave to this man.
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