Honduras Ex-President to Remain Free During Corruption Trial
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The former leader, president of Honduras between 2014 and 2022, must answer to the justice of his country for misappropriation of public funds as part of the financing of his campaign in 2013. Sentenced in 2024 in the United States to 45 years in prison for drug trafficking, he had been pardoned in November 2025 by Donald Trump and released in December of the same year. American justice had convicted him of having participated in and protected a…
The court kept the arrest warrant suspended and set the trial to begin on August 12.
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández will face a corruption trial in Honduras, after a judge suspended the arrest warrant and prohibited him from leaving the country.
A court issued "precautionary measures" for the former president, including a travel ban, but denied the prosecution's demand that Hernández be imprisoned.
Former president goes to his first hearing for money laundering after being pardoned by Donald Trump and denounces being a victim of political persecution Read
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, sentenced in the United States to 45 years in prison for drug trafficking before being pardoned by Donald Trump, appeared in Honduran court on Monday. A week after returning to his native country, he faced a judge on charges of alleged corruption. He is accused of embezzling nearly €3 million of public funds to finance his political campaigns.
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