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Trump says he plans to pardon former Honduran President Hernandez for 2024 drug trafficking sentence
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....rump says he plans to pardon former Honduran President Hernandez for 2024 drug trafficking sentence<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 29-11-2025<BR>PTI<BR>West Palm Beach (US), Nov 29 (AP) President Donald Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison. The pr....
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....esident 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, Hernandez was convicted in U.S. court of conspiring to import cocaine into the U.S.A. He had served served two terms as the leader of the Central American nation of roughly 10 million people. The post w....
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....as part of a broader message by Trump backing Tito Asfura for Honduras' presidency, with Trump saying the U.S. would be supportive of the country if he wins. But if Asfura loses the election this Sunday, Trump posted that “the United States will not be throwing good money after bad, because a wrong Leader can only bring catastrophic results to a country, no matter which country it is.” Outgoi....
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....ng Honduran President Xiomara Castro has leaned into a leftist stance, but she has kept a pragmatic and even cooperative attitude in dealing with the U.S. administration and she has received visits from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and U.S. Army Gen. Laura Richardson, when she was the commander of U.S. Southern Command. The president has even backed off his threats to end Honduras' extr....
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....adition treaty and military cooperation with the U.S. Under Castro, Honduras has also received its citizens deported from the U.S. and acted as a bridge for deported Venezuelans who were then picked up by Venezuela in Honduras. (AP) SKY SKY<BR> News - Press release - PIB....