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US court dismisses appeal from former Honduran president Hernandez

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A U.S. court has dismissed an appeal by former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, vacating a previous judgment following his presidential pardon by Donald Trump. Hernandez had been serving a 45-year sentence for cocaine trafficking. Celebrating the decision, Hernandez maintained his innocence.

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Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández said on Wednesday, April 8, that the U.S. justice system eliminated his conviction and sentence for drug trafficking, after the U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned him on December 1, 2025, which allowed him to avoid a 45-year prison sentence. “Today the U.S. justice system, today the U.S. Courts give me the reason. The sentence and sentence are removed, but it is also ordered that the accusation …

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Honduran ex-mandator Juan Orlando Hernández said Wednesday that the U.S. Justice has "annuated" his conviction and sentence, after being tried by a New York court to 45 years in prison for drug trafficking offences, receiving a pardon from the President of the United States, Donald Trump, last December.He has done so with the publication of a U.S. Court of Appeals decision for the Second Circuit, in New York, which orders "that the district cour…

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US court dismisses appeal from former Honduran president Hernandez

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“It’s a complete blur, it’s total justice (...). We thank President Trump, all the friends I know are thousands and thousands in Honduras and outside Honduras who have supported us,” the former president declared in a virtual conference

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The judicial journey of the former Honduran president, Juan Orlando Hernández, has taken an unexpected turn this Wednesday. Just four months after receiving a pardon from Donald Trump, the former Honduran president has assured that the U.S. justice system has formally “annulled” his conviction and sentence for drug trafficking. According to Hernández, a decision of the Court of Appeals of the Second Circuit of New York has ordered the dismissal …

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El Economista broke the news in on Wednesday, April 8, 2026.
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