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Congresswoman Injured in Explosive Attack — What We Know About Gladis Aurora López

Honduran congresswoman Gladis Aurora López was injured after a homemade explosive detonated inside Congress amid post-election tensions.

International Business Times UK

The Best and Worst Canada Moments of 2025

A highest-ever FIFA ranking offset trophy disappointment for Jesse Marsch’s side.

Sports Illustrated

Trump-backed candidate Asfura declared new president of Honduras

Winning margin of 28,000 votes announced a month late but before review of all ‘inconsistent’ ballots was completed

The Guardian - UK

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Trump-backed candidate Tito Asfura declared Honduras presidential election winner

The election was beset by weeks of delays that saw technical glitches and allegations of fraud.

Axios

Louisiana nursing student speaks out during her six-month ICE detention

Vilma Palacios, 22, tells local outlet ‘I want my freedom back’ as she may be forced to return to Honduras

The Guardian - US

‘Better off with Taiwan’: Honduras joins other Latin American countries rethinking ties with China

US pressure, broken promises by China and corruption scandals have halted Taiwan’s slide to diplomatic irrelevance in the region

The Guardian - AU

‘They tricked me’: Migrants were promised $1,000 to voluntarily leave the US. Some never received it

People who signed up for a US ‘self-deportation’ scheme say their payoffs were delayed, misdirected or never arrived – leaving them empty-handed in their home countries

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Honduras president alleges ‘electoral coup’ under way amid Trump ‘interference’

Xiomara Castro alleges US manipulation and blackmail as preliminary count shows two rightwing candidates closely tied

The Guardian - UK

Honduras Goes Against Trump, Issues International Arrest Warrant Against Former President Pardoned For Drug-Trafficking

The Honduran government is going against President Donald Trump, issuing an international arrest warrant against former president Juan Orlando Hernandez, who he pardoned last week for drug-trafficking charges.

Latin Times

Family of student deported to Honduras say they were targeted by ICE agents

Father of student detained at Boston airport on her way to visit family in Austin, says agents showed up at Texas home

The Guardian - US

Ex-Honduran president thanks God – and Trump – for drug-trafficking pardon

Juan Orlando Hernández thanked the Lord for being ‘a free man’ and then Trump for ‘changing my life’

The Guardian - US

How Donald Trump’s pardon wave is ‘normalizing corruption’

NEWS ANALYSIS: The president’s historic pardon streak has let wealthy executives and powerful public figures off the hook, writes Alex Woodward

The Independent UK

Student describes ‘horror show’ ICE deportation to Honduras at Thanksgiving

Any Lucia López Belloza, 19, was detained at Boston airport while on the way to see family in Austin for a surprise trip

The Guardian - UK

Former Top DEA Official Says Trump's Campaign Against Drug Traffickers Is a 'Charade': 'Based on Hypocrisy'

A former top Drug Enforcement Agency official said the anti drug-trafficking campaign being conducted by the Trump administration is a "charade" and "based on lies."

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Former Honduran President Sent a Letter To Trump Calling Him 'Your Excellency' To Secure a Pardon

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez sent a letter to Donald Trump calling him "your excellency" to praise him before securing a pardon, according to a new report.

The Guardian - UK

Trump frees ex-Honduran president from prison as country awaits knife-edge election result

Release of convicted cocaine trafficker Juan Orlando Hernández is latest US interference in election and comes despite Trump’s apparent ‘war on drugs’

Axios

Scoop: The letter behind Trump's pardon of Honduras' ex-president for drug trafficking

The surprise announcement of Hernandez's looming pardon is a window into the unorthodox, norm-shattering way Trump grants clemency.

The Mary Sue

Donald Trump is blaming a former president’s drug trafficking conviction on Joe Biden amid pardon controversy

Just before Honduras’s presidential election, Donald Trump announced his plan to pardon ex-president and drug trafficking convict Juan Orlando Hernandez. Despite extensive trial evidence of his deep links to narco-trafficking, Trump claims that his conviction was a “Biden setup.”

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The Independent UK

College pledges support for student deported during Thanksgiving trip

Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was detained while en route to surprise family in Texas

The Guardian - US

Trump move to pardon Honduras’s ex-president shows counter-drug effort is ‘based on lies and hypocrisy’

Why has Trump blown up alleged narco boats in the Caribbean and at the same time decided to let a big-time trafficker off the hook?

Latin Times

Trump Defends Pardoning Former Honduran President Convicted Of Drug Trafficking: 'The People of Honduras Really Thought He Was Set Up'

Donald Trump defended pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, sentenced to 45 years in prison for drug trafficking last year in the U.S.

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‘It was a Biden setup’: Trump awkwardly justifies pardon of Honduran president who smuggled hundreds of tonnes of narcotics into the United States

Trump says he's "looked at the facts". Can't say what facts.

Euronews

Vote count under way in Honduras in close presidential race after Trump’s intervention

Trump shocked Hondurans on Friday by endorsing one of the candidates and announcing that he would pardon ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was serving a 45-year sentence in a US prison for drug trafficking.

International Business Times UK

Trump Slams Venezuela Over Drug Issues, but Pardons Honduras' Ex-Leader in Cocaine Scandal — Critics See Double Standard

Donald Trump has intensified US-Venezuela tensions over alleged drug trafficking while pardoning a convicted Honduran cocaine trafficker, drawing criticism for a perceived double standard.

International Business Times UK

Trump Says He Will Pardon Honduran Ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández and Backs Tito Asfura Ahead of Election

Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, convicted in 2024 for major cocaine trafficking, is back in the spotlight after US President Trump announced plans for a full pardon.

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