The pardon announcement comes despite Trump making cracking down on illegal drug trafficking central to his second term.

Juan Orlando Hernandez is serving a 45-year prison sentence in the U.S. after his conviction on drug trafficking and firearms ...

Honduras on Sunday will hold general elections marked by preemptive allegations of voting fraud and an intervention by the ...

President Trump is set to pardon a former Honduran president who had been sentenced to prison for drug trafficking, he ...

Honduran presidential candidate Nasry "Tito" Asfura holds a campaign rally in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Nov. 22, 2025.

US President Donald Trump weighed in on Honduras' tightly contested presidential race on Wednesday, backing Nasry Asfura of ...

Trump announced a full pardon for former a Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking while backing another candidate ...

Trump linked the pardon to his endorsement of Nasry “Tito” Asfura, the conservative candidate in Honduras' upcoming election, ...

An endorsement for a foreign election brought with it a clemency announcement for a former president, allegedly “treated very harshly and unfairly.” Sunday, the people of Honduras […] ...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump announced he might pardon ex-Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, convicted for drug ...

President Donald Trump issued an endorsement Wednesday for the upcoming presidential elections in Honduras, promoting the right-wing candidate Nasry Asfura of the National Party and attacking his ...

Juan Orlando Hernández was accused of receiving millions in bribes and partnering with cocaine traffickers. He was convicted ...