US EditionFormer Honduras President Hernández freed after Trump pardon
Trump granted a full pardon to Hernández, ending his 45-year sentence for drug trafficking; the release followed a contested Honduran election where Trump backed a key candidate.
- 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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US President Trump recently announced the pardon for the former President of Honduras convicted of drug trafficking. Juan Orlando Hernández is already free.
Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced to 45 years in prison in 2024. He was said to have helped drug traffickers move cocaine to the United States on a large scale.
The former president was serving a sentence of forty-five years in prison in the United States for drug trafficking. His release, announced by his wife on social networks, occurs while two right-wing candidates are at the elbow-to-neck in the country in a turbulent presidential election.
Trump Pardons Ex-Honduras Leader Convicted In Major U.S. Drug Case
President Donald Trump has formally pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, erasing a major U.S. drug-trafficking conviction and prompting sharp criticism. Hernández, who was serving a 45-year sentence and owed an $8 million fine, was released from federal prison in West Virginia, according to attorney Renato Stabile and Bureau of Prisons records. pic.twitter.com/BbCe9BDPKF— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 2, 202…
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