President Donald Trump said on Friday he will grant a pardon to former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who is serving a 45-year prison sentence in the U.S. after his conviction on drug trafficking and firearms charges.

I will be granting a Full and Complete Pardon to Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez”, the US president wrote on his Truth Social platform on Friday — as he voiced support for Nasry “Tito” Asfura,

In March of last year, Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted in U.S. court of conspiring to import cocaine into the U.S. He had served two terms as the leader of the Central American nation of roughly 10 million people.

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison in 2024

US President Donald Trump on Friday made a major intervention into Honduran politics days before the country's presidential election, pardoning a convicted ex-leader and threatening to cut US support

Pres. Trump plans to pardon the former Honduran president who was convicted last year in the U.S. of conspiring to import cocaine and two weapons counts.

Outrage erupted across social media Friday after President Donald Trump announced that he intends to grant a “Full and Complete pardon” to former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez, the convicted drug trafficker serving a 45-year federal sentence for helping move massive amounts of cocaine into the United States.