Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez returns home to Honduras after US President Donald Trump pardons his 45-year sentence for drug trafficking, reports say. The ex-president arrives in Tegucigalpa area on a private flight and is greeted by family and supporters, with media outlets noting his brief public appearances soon after landing. Multiple reports say he is expected to face separate corruption-related cases in Honduras, including fraud and money laundering charges, despite the US pardon. One outlet reports that a Honduran court is set to deal with the case on August 3, and that an arrest warrant issued earlier was suspended in June, meaning he will not be detained upon arrival. Another report says a judge rules he will not be jailed while his fraud and money laundering trial proceeds. Al Jazeera also reports that Trump describes Hernandez’s US drug-trafficking case as a setup by the Biden administration. Sources also note Hernandez led Honduras from 2014 to 2022 and was extradited from Honduras to face the US drug trafficking charges before receiving the pardon.
Juan Orlando Hernandez returns to Honduras after Trump pardon
Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez returns home to Honduras after US President Donald Trump pardons his 45-year sentence for drug trafficking, reports say. The ex-president arrives in Te...
- Juan Orlando Hernandez, Honduras’s ex-president, returns to Honduras after a US presidential pardon.
- The pardon by Donald Trump covers Hernandez’s 45-year prison sentence for drug trafficking in the United States.
- Reports say Hernandez arrives on a private flight near Tegucigalpa and is greeted by family and supporters.
- Hernandez is expected to face Honduran fraud and money-laundering charges despite the US pardon.
- A Honduran arrest warrant related to the case is reported as suspended since June, and a judge rules he will not be jailed while the trial proceeds.
A judge in Honduras ruled Monday that former President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who recently returned to the Central American country after a Trump pardon for drug trafficking charges in the U.S., will not be jailed during his trial for fraud and money laundering.
1 month agoJuan Orlando Hernández, a former president of Honduras, faces fraud and money laundering charges in his home country after a surprise Trump pardon overturned his drug-trafficking sentence in the U.S.
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1 month agoHonduran 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.
1 month agoFormer Honduras president returns home after Trump pardon
1 month agoCOMAYAGUA, Honduras — 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. After touching down in a private plane near the capital, Tegucigalpa, he traveled to a rally in the town of Comayagua. Speaking at a farm in front of hundreds of supporters, Hernandez thanked Trump for the pardon. “The most well-informed president in the world said: ‘I reviewed it — my team and I reviewed it in detail — and a tremendous […]...Keep on reading: Honduran ex-president returns home after Trump pardon
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