Honduras: Ex-President’s Son Arrested

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Fabio Porfirio Lobo, the son of a former Honduran president, appeared in Federal District Court in Manhattan on Friday on a charge of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States, the authorities said. The charge carries a maximum sentence of life in prison, said the office of Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York. Mr. Lobo had been arrested in Haiti. The defendant’s father, Porfirio Lobo, served as president of Honduras from 2010 to 2014. The Associated Press reported that the father, in an interview with government television, said he hoped that his son could prove his innocence. “Fabio is not a child,” The A.P. quoted him as saying. “He is a man with a family and must answer for his actions.” Manuel J. Retureta, a lawyer for Mr. Lobo, said his client would enter a plea of not guilty.