Honduran court drops charges against former president pardoned by Trump
The judge said evidence did not show Hernandez controlled the disputed funds or that embezzled money reached his 2013 campaign.
- On Tuesday, a Honduran judge dismissed fraud and money-laundering charges against former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, granting him definitive release after ruling evidence failed to establish his participation.
- Prosecutors alleged the Pandora I investigation involved officials diverting more than 288 million lempiras in public funds between 2010 and 2013, with Hernandez allegedly receiving 62 million lempiras for his campaign.
- Citing insufficient evidence, the Honduran Judiciary rejected a formal indictment, while charges against former President Porfirio Lobo and former Finance Minister Wilfredo Cerrato were also recently dropped.
- Following the decision, Hernandez declared, "This chapter of political persecution has now ended," after returning to Honduras in July following his 45-year U.S. prison sentence and President Donald Trump's pardon.
- Supreme Court spokesman Carlos Silva confirmed prosecutors may still appeal the decision, keeping the case active in appellate courts as critics question whether Honduras' justice system can pursue such cases effectively.
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Honduras: Indignation After Dismissal for Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez in Corruption Case
On Tuesday, September 1, Honduras's justice pronounced a final dismissal against former president Juan Orlando Hernandez, who had already been pardoned by US President Donald Trump after being convicted in the United States for drug trafficking. He returned to his country in July and was still being prosecuted for the misappropriation of two million dollars of public funds. A court decision that leaves a particularly bitter taste in the streets …
A judge in Tegucigalpa issued a Tuesday "definitive dismissal" or the closing of the case for fraud and laundering to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández (2014-2022), who returned last July to Honduras after being pardoned in the U.S., where he served a 45-year sentence for drug trafficking. "The final dismissal of the former President of the Republic Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado has been handed down," the spokesman for the Supre…
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TrouwA Honduran court has dropped the fraud and money laundering charges against former President Juan Orlando Hernández. Nine months ago...
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