US EditionFormer Honduras President Hernández freed after Trump pardon
Trump pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández, serving a 45-year sentence for cocaine trafficking, amid claims of political persecution and efforts to influence Honduras's recent election.
- Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, was released from a US prison after receiving a pardon from US President Donald Trump for drug charges.
- Hernández was found guilty in March 2024 of conspiring to import cocaine into the US and possessing machine guns, and was sentenced to 45 years in prison and fined $8 million.
- Hernández maintained his innocence, claiming he was a victim of revenge by drug traffickers he had helped extradite to the US, but prosecutors said he ran Honduras like a 'narco-state'.
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Freed Honduran ex-president says Trump pardon 'changed my life'
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez thanked Donald Trump on Wednesday for pardoning him from a 45-year prison sentence for drug trafficking, saying the US president 'changed my life.'
US President Donald Trump has pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who is serving a 45-year prison sentence in the United States after being convicted of drug trafficking and weapons possession.
What Kind Of Dirty, Nasty, Sleazy New Trump Pardon Deals Are These?
The Cuellar family, from Rep. Henry Cuellar’s InstaConvicted felon President Donald J. Trump has been railing pardons and clemencies like Tony Montana at a desk of cocaine, with nearly 2,000 people gifted get-out-of-jail free cards in his second term, including those 1,570 January 6 rioters. (We tried to count the exact number, but got eye strain.) Most of the rest of the recipients are of the financial fraud variety. Game recognizes game! But t…
The news that Donald Trump pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH), former president of Honduras sentenced to 45 years in prison for drug trafficking conspiracy, is not surprising if he has knowledge of US geopolitics in Latin America. What is striking is the crudeness with which is exposed the network of interests that unites the Republican Party, the lobby industry in Washington and Honduran circles of power in a system of mutual protection that…
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