US EditionTrump to pardon ex-Honduras leader serving US sentence after drug trafficking conviction
Trump plans a full pardon for Hernandez, convicted in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years for cocaine import conspiracy, linking the move to his support for Honduras' conservative candidate.
- President Donald Trump posted that he plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was convicted in a U.S. court of trafficking drugs to the United States.
- Trump endorsed Tito Asfura for president of Honduras, calling the opposition 'Narcoterrorists', and said the U.S. will be supportive if Asfura wins but will not 'throw good money after bad' if he loses.
- Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted in U.S. court of conspiring to import cocaine into the U.S. and served two terms as the leader of the Central American nation of roughly 10 million people.
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Trump to pardon former Honduran president sentenced to prison for drug trafficking
President Trump is set to pardon a former Honduran president who had been sentenced to prison for drug trafficking, he announced on social media Friday. “I will be granting a Full and Complete Pardon to Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez who has been, according to many people that I greatly respect, treated very harshly and…
Trump Says He Will Pardon Ex-Honduran President Convicted by Jury in US Drug Case
President Donald Trump announced Friday he is granting a full pardon to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who is currently serving a 45-year U.S. prison sentence for drug trafficking and firearms convictions after being convicted by a jury. “I will be granting a Full and Complete Pardon to Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez who has been, according to many people that I greatly respect, treated very harshly and unfairly,” Tru…
Trump plans 'full and complete pardon' for former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking
President Trump announced he will grant a full pardon to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was sentenced to 45 years in the U.S. for drug trafficking conspiracy.
Trump says he will pardon former Honduran president serving sentence in drug-trafficking case
President Donald Trump said Friday he intends to grant a “full and complete pardon” to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, a move that would erase a major US drug-trafficking conviction for a onetime US ally who is currently serving a 45-year federal prison sentence.
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Trump says pardoning Honduras ex-president days before vote
US President Donald Trump on Friday made a major intervention into Honduran politics days before the country's presidential election, pardoning a convicted ex-leader and threatening to cut US support if his preferred candidate loses.
Honduras is soon to elect a new president. Donald Trump is now in the mood for the right-wing candidate. He also wants to pardon former President Hernández – who is in US custody for smuggling cocaine.
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