Former Honduran president has US conviction overturned after Trump pardon
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Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez has had his US conviction for drug-trafficking overturned by a US appeals court, following a pardon by Donald Trump. Hernandez was convicted in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison, but the pardon and subsequent court ruling have cleared his record.
A US appeals court has overturned the conviction of former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez. He was convicted of drug-trafficking in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison. The conviction was overturned after Donald Trump pardoned Hernandez in November. The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit sent the case back to the district court with instructions to dismiss it. Hernandez claims he was a victim of a political vendetta. He was convicted of helping smuggle hundreds of tons of drugs into the US.
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