12/01/2025
Trump said he will pardon former Honduran president and convicted drug trafficker Juan Orlando Hernández.
The timing is hard to miss. The administration is already conducting what many describe as extrajudicial killings of alleged drug smugglers abroad, and Trump is now mounting military pressure on Venezuela — officially, over its role in narcotrafficking.
In this context, a pardon for a man convicted of moving hundreds of tons of co***ne into America offers a clearer view of the administration’s underlying priorities.
Trump said he will pardon former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández and that Nasry Asfura must win the country's presidential election.