Former Honduras president returns home after Trump pardon
- Nearly four years after being extradited to the United States for a drug-trafficking trial, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez returned home after a pardon by US President Donald Trump at the end of last year.
- Trump claimed the trial was a “set up” orchestrated by former President Joe Biden’s administration.
- Hernandez still faces corruption charges in Honduras but returned on Sunday after an arrest warrant against him was cancelled.
Confirmed
- Nearly four years after being extradited to the United States for a drug-trafficking trial, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez returned home after a pardon by US President Donald Trump at the end of last year.
- Trump claimed the trial was a “set up” orchestrated by former President Joe Biden’s administration.
- Hernandez still faces corruption charges in Honduras but returned on Sunday after an arrest warrant against him was cancelled.
Sources: Al Jazeera