u.s. Justice Closes Case Against Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández · Global Voices

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Federal Judge Kevin Castel, who presided over the trial in New York for drug trafficking against former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández (2014-2022), dismissed the charges against him on Tuesday, as ordered by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on April 8. The New York-based Tribunal had issued a resolution overturning the 45-year sentence imposed on the former president of the United States, Donald Trump, after granting him a pardon i…

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A federal judge in New York overturned the 45-year sentence and finally closed the judicial process, following the order of the Court of Appeal and a presidential pardon issued in 2025.United States.- Federal judge Kevin Castel dismissed on Tuesday the drug trafficking charges against former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, pursuant to an order issued by the Second Circuit Court of Appeal. The decision comes after that court overturned…

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On April 14, 2026, a U.S. federal court ordered the conviction against former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández to be overturned, after recognizing the existence of a presidential pardon that nullifies the judicial process against him. U.S. court entry nullifies conviction against Juan Orlando Hernández after presidential pardon was first published in the Digital Process.