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Former leader returns to Honduras

Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Four years after being extradited to the United States for his drug trafficking trial, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández arrived in his country Sunday to face corruption charges that lawyers fear will be a sham process.

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18 articles, oldest first.

  1. Daily Journal

    Former President Juan Orlando Hernández returns to Honduras after arrest warrant suspended (opens Daily Journal)

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    Daily Journal's feed description

    TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Four years after being extradited to the United States for his drug trafficking trial, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández returns to his country Sunday to face corruption charges that lawyers fear will be a sham process.

  2. WFMZ Allentown

    Ex-president Hernandez returns to Honduras after Trump pardon (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez returned to his country on Sunday, almost eight months after US President Donald Trump controversially pardoned his 45-year prison sentence for drug trafficking.

  3. WFMZ Allentown

    Honduran ex-president returns home after Trump pardon (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez -- who was serving a 45-year prison sentence in the United States for drug trafficking until President Donald Trump pardoned him last year -- returned to his home country on Sunday.

  4. Al Jazeera

    Former President Hernandez returns to Honduras after Trump pardon (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Trump called Hernandez's drug-trafficking trial a set-up by the Biden administration.

  5. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Honduras ex-President Hernandez returns home after Trump pardon (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    Honolulu Star-Advertiser's feed description

    TEGUCIGALPA >> Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez returned to Honduras on Sunday, eight months after President Donald Trump pardoned him while he was serving a 45-year U.S. prison sentence for drug and arms trafficking.

  6. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Former leader returns to Honduras (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Four years after being extradited to the United States for his drug trafficking trial, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández arrived in his country Sunday to face corruption charges that lawyers fear will be a sham process.

  7. Al Jazeera

    Former Honduras president returns home after Trump pardon (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Former Honduras president returns home after Trump pardon

  8. Al Jazeera

    Honduras’s Hernandez returns home after Trump pardon: How it happened (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Sentenced to 45 years in the US, Hernandez returns home to his family, party and supporters after Trump pardons him.

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