Son of ex-Honduran president pleads guilty to drug charge
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The son of former Honduran President Porfirio Lobo has pleaded guilty to a cocaine trafficking conspiracy charge.
Fabio (FAH'-bee-oh) Lobo entered the plea Monday in Manhattan federal court.
The elder Lobo served as Honduras' president from 2010 to 2014. Sentencing for his 44-year-old son was set for Sept. 15.
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Lobo was brought to the United States last May to face an indictment charging him with conspiring with others from 2009 to 2014 to smuggle over 5 kilograms of cocaine into the United States. He pleaded to a single conspiracy count that carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life.
Defense attorney Manuel Retureta (man-WEHL' reh-tuhr-EHT'-uh) said outside court that his client was accepting responsibility for his "grave misstep." Lobo remains in custody.