Honduran Judge Dismisses Fraud and Money Laundering Case Against Former President Hernández – WTOP News
The ruling ends Pandora II proceedings after judges found insufficient evidence linking alleged embezzled funds to Hernandez’s 2013 campaign, officials said.
- On Tuesday, a court in Honduras dismissed fraud and money laundering charges against President Juan Orlando Hernandez, nine months after he was released from United States prison.
- Prosecutors alleged Hernandez and other officials diverted nearly $11 million in state funds to political campaigns between 2010 and 2013 as part of the Pandora investigation.
- Hernandez served 45 years in United States prison after conviction for drug trafficking before President Donald Trump granted him a pardon late last year.
- The court also cleared President Porfirio Lobo and Wilfredo Cerrato. Hernandez said, "This chapter of political persecution has now ended," in a public address after the ruling.
- After returning to Honduras in late July, Hernandez stated he has no immediate plans to seek office but intends to support National Party candidate Nasry Asfura's government.
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The case originated in an indictment for the use of public funds to finance his campaign in 2013. Confessed drug dealer, JOH served a 45-year sentence in the U.S. when he was pardoned by Donald Trump.
Honduran judge dismisses fraud and money laundering case against former President Hernández – WTOP News
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A judge in Honduras on Tuesday dismissed the case against former president Juan Orlando Hernández for fraud and money laundering charges, clearing him of any pending charges in the Central American nation. Hernández made the controversial return to his home country in July, four years after being extradited to the United...
A judge in Honduras has annulled the corruption trial of former President Hernandez, ruling that he “did not approve” or “manage” the funds in question, nor did he “record an increase in his assets.” The post Honduras: Former President Hernandez’s corruption trial is definitively annulled appeared first on in.gr.
Tegucigalpa, 1 Sep (EFE).- A judge in Tegucigalpa issued a Tuesday "definitive dismissal" or the closing of the case for fraud and money laundering to former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández (2014-2022), who returned last July to Honduras after being pardoned in the US, where he served a 45-year sentence for drug trafficking. "Definitive dismissal has been issued to the former president of the Republic Juan Fernández Hernández Alvarado,…
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Juan Orlando Hernández was pardoned by Donald Trump last year after serving a lengthy prison sentence in the United States.
Honduran court drops charges against former president pardoned by Trump
A Honduran court has dropped charges against former President Juan Orlando Hernandez over fraud and money laundering, judiciary authorities said on Tuesday, nine months after he was freed from prison in the United States.
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