President Trump formally pardons former president of Honduras

December 2, 2025 10:53 AM

Published December 2, 2025 11:09 AM

(CNN, KYMA) - President Donald Trump has formally pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández.

President Trump announced his intention of granting a "full and complete pardon" to former President Hernández last week.

The move erases a major U.S. drug-trafficking conviction for a onetime U.S. ally.

Hernández, who has now been released from prison, was president of Honduras from 2014 to 2022.

In 2024, he was sentenced to 45-years in a U.S. prison on drug trafficking charges. He was also given an $8 million fine.

Hernandez insists he's innocent and was wrongly accused.

Both Republican and Democratic members of Congress have criticized Trump's plan to pardon Hernández.

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