Article 71T4Y Trump to pardon ex-Honduras leader serving drug trafficking sentence in US

Trump to pardon ex-Honduras leader serving drug trafficking sentence in US

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Hernandez was convicted in 2024 of accepting millions in bribes to protect cocaine shipments

Donald Trump has said he will grand a pardon to Juan Orlando Hernandez, the former president of Honduras who is serving a 45-year prison sentence in the US on drug trafficking and weapons charges.

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," Trump said Friday in a post on Truth Social.

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