The president explained his decision on social media by posting that “according to many people that I greatly respect,” Hernandez was “treated very harshly and unfairly.”
In March of last year, Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted in U.S. court of conspiring to import cocaine into the U.S. He had served two terms as the leader of the Central American nation of roughly 10 million people.
Juan Orlando Hernandez was extradited to the US after he was convicted of trafficking cocaine. Trump claimed Hernandez was "treated very harshly and unfairly."
President Trump announced he will grant a full pardon to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was sentenced to 45 years in the U.S. for drug trafficking conspiracy.
President Donald Trump said Friday he intends to grant a “full and complete pardon” to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, a move that would erase a major US drug-trafficking conviction for a onetime US ally who is currently serving a 45-year federal prison sentence.
Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández, once a U.S. ally in the war on drugs, is on the verge of being pardoned by President Donald Trump. Hernández was sentenced last year to 45 years in U.S. prison for aiding drug traffickers.
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.
Trump’s pardon of a former Honduran president — convicted of aiding in drug trafficking — has sparked criticism that the move undermines U.S. drug enforcement.
Trump announced plans to pardon ex-Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who is currently serving a 45-year sentence for trafficking cocaine into the U.S.
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons inmate website showed that Hernández was released from U.S. Penitentiary, Hazelton in West Virginia on Monday and a spokesperson for the bureau on Tuesday confirmed his release.
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, sentenced last year to 45 years in prison for his role in helping drug traffickers move hundreds of tons of cocaine to the United States, was released from prison following a pardon from President Donald Trump, his wife announced Tuesday.
President Donald Trump has vowed to attack drug trafficking across Latin America. But in promising to pardon a convicted trafficker from Honduras, he has swayed politics and unsettled policy.
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández, sentenced last year to 45 years in prison for his role in helping drug traffickers move hundreds
Trump said Juan Orlando Hernandez's drug trafficking sentence was a "Biden administration set-up." The controversial pardon comes as the US threatens action against Venezuela for alleged drug trafficking.
