US EditionTrump’s pardon of ex-Honduran president Hernández injects wild card into election
Trump's pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández and endorsement of Nasry Asfura aim to boost the conservative National Party amid a tight, contentious Honduran election, officials say.
- Trump endorsed conservative Honduran presidential candidate Nasry Tito Asfura and pardoned former President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was sentenced to 45 years in prison for drug trafficking.
- The leading candidates accused each other of undermining the election's credibility before Trump's interference, which one candidate called a 'new crime.'
- While some viewed Trump's actions as potentially swaying voters, others doubted the impact or condemned the pardon of a convicted criminal.
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In pardon of narco trafficker, Trump destroys his own case for war
The Trump administration has literally killed more than 80 suspected drug smugglers by blowing their small boats out of the water since September, but this week the president has reportedly decided to pardon one of the biggest cocaine traffickers of them all. If that doesn't make any sense to you, then join the club.The news that Trump is going to pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, who was sentenced to 45 years in U…
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By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — One day before Honduras elects a new president, the main topic of conversation suddenly passed from the country’s internal affairs to the president of the United States, Donald Trump, and to the pardon he said would grant to former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández. Trump broke into the bottom of Honduran politics this week, first by supporting presidential candidate Nasry “Tito” Asfura…
Trump pardons convicted narco-trafficking pol amid plot to rig Honduran election
Donald Trump is threatening to destroy the Honduran economy unless the country elects the oligarch-run National Party. Now, he’s even pardoned the last party member to rule the country, who was convicted in 2024 of smuggling hundreds of tons of drugs into the US. On November 28, US President Donald Trump Trump declared he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was sentenced to 45 years in a New York prison in 202…
Although the polls have already advanced an uncertain picture and there are accusations of electoral fraud, the U.S. president's campaign appearance has disrupted the candidates' plansTrump breaks into Honduras' presidential ones: pardon for former President Hernández, in prison for drug trafficking, and support for the right-wing candidate Honduras goes to the polls this Sunday to elect president, deputies and mayors in a high-voltage process, …
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