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Trump announced he will pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, convicted of drug trafficking in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.

The pardon comes as Trump backs conservative candidate Nasry Asfura in Honduras’ Sunday presidential election, warning of consequences if a leftist candidate wins.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted for cocaine trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in U.S. prison.

Trump, explaining his decision on social media, wrote that “according to many people that I greatly respect,” Hernandez was “t

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