Former President Juan Orlando Hernández returns to Honduras after arrest warrant suspended
He is due in court on Aug. 3 as prosecutors say nearly $11 million in state funds was diverted to political campaigns.
- On Sunday, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez returned to Honduras via private flight to Palmerola International Airport, with a suspended arrest warrant ensuring he will not be detained upon arrival.
- The return follows Hernandez's release from a 45-year U.S. prison sentence granted via presidential pardon from U.S. President Donald Trump in late 2025, eight months after his December release.
- Prosecutors allege Hernandez benefited from diverted state funds totaling more than 288 million lempiras between 2010 and 2013, with the Pandora I investigation claiming at least 62 million lempiras funded his first presidential campaign.
- Former Specialized Prosecutor's Unit Against Corruption Networks chief Luis Javier Santos warns the process may be a sham, fearing the judiciary will issue alternative measures to imprisonment rather than conviction.
- Scheduled for an August 3 arraignment, Hernandez faces legal proceedings while claiming he intends to support his party's new leadership, though he has not ruled out standing for office again.
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Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who returned to his country this Sunday, thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for pardoning him from a 45-year prison sentence for drug trafficking when he considered him to be a victim of a "witch hunt."
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Independent EspañolFormer Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández returned to his country after being pardoned by the United States, being received by hundreds of people at the airport.
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who returned to his country on Sunday, thanked US President Donald Trump for having pardoned him for a 45-year sentence in prison for drug trafficking, considering he was the victim of a "hunt for witches." A New York federal judge sentenced Hernández to 45 years in prison in June 2024, two years after his extradition.
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