U.S. charges Honduran congressman with drug trafficking conspiracy

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U.S. charges Honduran congressman with drug trafficking conspiracy
By Brendan Pierson

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal authorities announced drug trafficking and weapons charges against a congressman from Honduras on Friday, the latest U.S. case accusing current and former officials of the Central American country of involvement in the drug trade.

Fredy Renan Najera Montoya, 41, was charged with conspiring to import "huge quantities of cocaine" into the United States, according to U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman in Manhattan.

Najera, who was also charged in an indictment filed Thursday in Manhattan federal court with carrying and using machine guns, could not be reached for comment and a lawyer for him could not immediately be identified.

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