Wata kotu a Honduras ta yi watsi da tuhumar tsohon shugaban ƙasar Juan Orlando Hernández da ake yi masa kan zamba da safarar kuɗaɗen haram, bayan ya koma ƙasar sakamakon gafarar da Shugaban Amurka Donald Trump ya yi masa.
Hernández, wanda ya shugabanci Honduras daga 2014 zuwa 2022, ya fuskanci shari'a a Honduras kan zargin karkatar da kuɗaɗen gwamnati sama da dala miliyan 10.8 tsakanin 2010 zuwa 2013. Masu gabatar da ƙara sun yi zargin cewa wani ɓangare na kuɗin ya shiga harkokin yaƙin neman zaɓensa.
Sai dai alkalin kotun ya yanke cewa ba a samu isasshiyar hujjar da za ta tabbatar da cewa Hernández ne ke da alhakin yanke shawarar amfani da waɗannan kuɗaɗen ba, ko kuma cewa kuɗin da aka karkatar sun shiga yaƙin neman zaɓensa.
Hernández ya yi maraba da hukuncin, yana mai cewa an kawo ƙarshen abin da ya kira “tsangwamar siyasa.” Sai dai ƙungiyoyin yaƙi da cin hanci da rashawa sun nuna damuwa cewa hukuncin na iya rage amincewar jama'a ga tsarin shari'a na Honduras.
A baya, Hernández ya yi zaman gidan yari a Amurka bayan an same shi da laifin haɗa baki wajen shigo da hodar ibilis zuwa Amurka, inda aka yanke masa hukuncin shekaru 45 a gidan yari. Trump ya yi masa afuwa, lamarin da ya ba shi damar komawa Honduras.
Ana iya ɗaukaka ƙarar hukuncin kotun Honduras zuwa babbar kotun ɗaukaka ƙara.