US EditionEx-Honduras president Hernández thanks Trump in first message since release
Juan Orlando Hernández, convicted for moving 400 tons of cocaine, was pardoned by Trump who cited requests from Hondurans and alleged politically motivated prosecution.
- On Monday, Juan Orlando Hernández was released from U.S. Penitentiary Hazelton in West Virginia and on Wednesday posted on X thanking President Donald Trump and vowing to `continue defending everything we built together`.
- Last Friday, President Donald Trump announced his intention to pardon Hernández and pardoned him hours later after Hernández sought clemency months ago via a petition and wrote to Trump on Oct. 28, while allies including Roger Stone lobbied for him.
- A U.S. judge last year sentenced Juan Orlando Hernández to a 45-year prison sentence and imposed an $8 million fine after convicting him of moving about 400 tons of cocaine.
- Both Republican and Democratic members of Congress criticized the pardon as undermining U.S. anti-drug efforts, and Sen. Bill Cassidy, Louisiana Republican, asked, `Why would we pardon this guy and then go after Maduro for running drugs into the United States?`
- The pardon arrived days before Honduras's presidential election, amid U.S. aid threats and an endorsement for National Party candidate Nasry Asfura; Hernández is in an undisclosed location for his safety, Ana García confirmed.
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Former Honduran president thanks Trump after pardon
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández thanked President Trump on Wednesday for pardoning him of charges related to assisting drug traffickers. “I said it as I left my home, I said it as I was wrongfully convicted, and I will say it again now that I have my liberty,” Hernández wrote in a post on the social…
TEGUCIGALPA (EFE).- Ana García, wife of former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, whom the president of the United States, Donald Trump, pardoned last Monday after having been sentenced in 2024 to 45 years in prison for drug trafficking and arms, told EFE this Wednesday that they have not yet decided on their eventual return to Honduras. "We have not made any decision on this, it is so recent, we will take the time to meditate very well …
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