{"id":2516474,"date":"2025-12-02T11:00:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-honduran-president-released-from-prison-after-trump-pardon\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T11:01:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:01:03","slug":"former-honduran-president-released-from-prison-after-trump-pardon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-honduran-president-released-from-prison-after-trump-pardon\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Honduran president released from prison after Trump pardon"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-honduran-president-released-from-prison-after-trump-pardon%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2516474&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was released from federal prison after receiving a full pardon from former U.S. President Donald Trump.Hernandez, who served as Honduras&#8217;s president from 2014 to 2022, had been convicted and sentenced to 45 years in prison by the Biden administration for conspiring to traffic over 400 tons of cocaine into the United States. Trump announced the pardon, describing Hernandez&#8217;s treatment as unfair and endorsing it as a correction of a &#8220;Biden setup.&#8221; Hernandez was released from the high-security USP Hazelton prison in West Virginia. Both Hernandez&#8217;s wife and daughter publicly expressed gratitude for the pardon, asserting his innocence and praising Trump&#8217;s decision. The pardon came amid a tightly contested Honduran presidential election, where Trump endorsed candidate Tito Asfura.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Former Honduran president released from prison after Trump pardon<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2421097\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/honduras\/\">Honduran<\/a> President Juan Orlando Hernandez was released from federal prison following a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pardons\/\">pardon<\/a> from President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez, the two<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sunny-hostin-trump-made-the-republican-party-morally-bankrupt\/\" title=\"Sunny Hostin: Trump Made The Republican Party \u2018Morally Bankrupt\u2019\">-term president<\/a> of Honduras from 2014 to 2022, was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/opa\/pr\/juan-orlando-hernandez-former-president-honduras-sentenced-45-years-prison-conspiring\">sentenced<\/a> to 45 years in prison under President Joe Biden&rsquo;s Justice Department for conspiring to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/drug-trafficking\/\">traffic<\/a> over 400 tons of cocaine into the United States. Trump announced he would pardon Hernandez on Friday, and he was released on Monday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3903649\/michael-susan-dell-donate-6-billion-fund-trump-accounts-25-million-children\/\">Dell CEO donates over $6 billion to fund &#8216;Trump accounts&#8217; for 25 million children<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3903616\/trump-cabinet-meeting-administration-protects-hegseth-war-crime-accusations\/\">Trump holds Cabinet meeting as administration protects Hegseth from &#8216;war crime&#8217; accusations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3903264\/trump-escalation-venezuela-splits-republicans\/\">Tug-of-war: Trump&#8217;s escalation against Venezuela splits Republicans<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Additionally, I will be granting a Full and Complete Pardon to Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez who has been, according to many people that I greatly respect, treated very harshly and unfairly,&rdquo; Trump wrote on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115629406693931908\">Truth Social<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez was released from high-security prison USP Hazelton in Preston County, West Virginia, according to Federal Bureau of Prisons records.<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez&rsquo;s wife, Ana Garcia de Hernandez, posted on X Tuesday morning, celebrating her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-who-could-replace-biden-as-democratic-nominee-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s who could replace Biden as Democratic nominee - Washington Examiner\">husband&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s release.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After nearly four years of pain, waiting, and difficult trials, my husband Juan Orlando Hern&aacute;ndez RETURNED to being a free man, thanks to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-receives-most-sweeping-pardon-since-nixon-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden receives most sweeping ... since Nixon - Washington Examiner\">presidential pardon granted<\/a> by President Donald Trump. Today we give thanks to God, because He is just and His timing is perfect. Thank you, Mr. President, for restoring our hope and for recognizing a truth that we always knew,&rdquo; Ana Garcia de Hernandez <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/anagarciacarias\/status\/1995796971739656532?s=20\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Daniela Hern&aacute;ndez, the daughter of the former Honduran president, also celebrated Trump&rsquo;s pardon of her father Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With the utmost gratitude, thank you, President Trump, (@realDonaldTrump) for correcting this grave injustice. May God bless your compassionate and just heart. Thank you to all the friends and family whose support and prayers made this possible. Our father, Juan Orlando Hern&aacute;ndez, is an innocent man who will soon be reunited with those who love him,&rdquo; Daniela Hern&aacute;ndez&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/danielahg1999\/status\/1995622719296057766?s=20\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When asked on Sunday about his decision to pardon Hernandez, a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >convicted drug trafficker<\/a>, Trump said Hondurans called the conviction a &ldquo;Biden setup.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump announced the pardon alongside endorsing Tito Asfura in the Honduran presidential election. The results between Asfura and Salvador Nasralla are currently a &ldquo;technical tie,&rdquo; according to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/honduras-election-results-trump-intervention-pardon-ex-president-hernandez\/\">CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3902311\/trump-conviction-former-honduran-president-drug-trafficking-biden-setup\/\">TRUMP PINNED CONVICTION OF FORMER HONDURAN PRESIDENT FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING AS BIDEN SETUP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, I was told &mdash; I was asked by Honduras, many of the people of Honduras, they said it was a Biden setup,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;He was the president of the country. And they basically said he was a drug dealer because he was the president of the country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez was extradited to the U.S. and arrested in 2022 after he left office. 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