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The Latest Breaking News from Juan Orlando Hernandez

THE PRESIDENT IS LYING Constantly. Though maybe it’s not lying in the traditional sense if you’re unhinged from reality, living 24/7 in your own reality. Whatever it...

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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."

Latin Times

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.

Latin Times

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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.

Axios

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.”

The Mary Sue

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.

Latin Times

Ruben Gallego Slams Trump For Announcing Pardon Of Former Honduran President Convicted Of Drug Trafficking: 'This Doesn't Make Sense?'

Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego slammed President Donald Trump for announcing he would pardon 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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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.

International Business Times UK

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

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

The Guardian - US

Why is Honduras threatening to expel US troops?

Honduras’ threat to reconsider military ties marks a significant moment in Latin American ties with the US, say experts.

Al Jazeera

Honduras Far From Dismantling Ex-president's 'Narco-state': Experts

Honduras still has a long way to go to dismantle the "narco-state" that grew under ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez, jailed this week for smuggling a deluge of cocaine into the United States, experts told AFP. Hernandez, 55, spent years in positions of power cozying up to kingpins from some of…

International Business Times

US Jails Ex-Honduras President For 45 Years On Drugs Charges

A court in New York on Wednesday sentenced former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez to 45 years in prison after he was convicted of trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine into the United States.

International Business Times

Former Honduran President Sentenced To 45 Years For Drug Trafficking

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez sentenced to 45 years in US for drug trafficking, accused of conspiring with drug cartels and turning Hond...

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Ex-Honduran President Testifies In US Drug Trial

Former President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez, faces drug trafficking and corruption charges in a high-profile US trial.

Al Jazeera

‘Divine justice’: How Hondurans are reacting to an ex-president’s US trial

Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez faces accusations he transformed Honduras into a drug-trafficking ‘narco-state’.

Reuters

Ex-Honduras president bribed by prominent family, U.S. prosecutors say

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was bribed by the country's prominent Rosenthal family, which owned a "massive" group of businesses in the Central American country, U.S. prosecutors said on Friday.

Reuters

Ex-Honduras president says current government impeding U.S. defense case

A lawyer for Juan Orlando Hernandez, the former Honduran president who is facing U.S. drugs and weapons charges, on Tuesday accused the Central American country's current government of setting up obstacles to his defense.

Reuters

Honduras signs U.N. deal paving way for anti-corruption commission

Honduras and the United Nations on Thursday signed an agreement that paves the way for a new international anti-corruption commission in the Central American nation, where widespread graft has fueled violence and spurred mass migration.

Reuters

Honduras to sign agreement for U.N. anti-corruption mission

Honduras will sign an agreement Thursday to install a United Nations-backed anti-corruption mission in the country, a foreign ministry official said Wednesday, making good on a key campaign pledge of President Xiomara Castro to root out graft.

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