TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Former Honduras 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.

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The wife of former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández says he has been released from prison following a pardon from President Donald Trump

The U.S. Bureau of Prisons website confirmed his release from a penitentiary in West Virginia on Monday

Hernández was sentenced last year to 45 years for aiding drug traffickers

His wife thanked Trump for the pardon, saying it ends nearly four years of hardship

The U.S. Bureau of Prisons inmate website showe

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