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,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on Friday.
Hernandez, who served as president of Honduras from 2014 to 2022, was convicted by a Manhattan jury in March 2024 of accepting millions in bribes to protect cocaine shipments headed to the United States after vowing to fight drug traffickers. The jury handed down his sentence in June 2024, with Hernandez still maintaining his innocence….
Trump Says He Will Pardon Ex-Honduran President Convicted by Jury in US Drug Case
