Honduran Ex-President Is Freed After Pardon, Lawyer Says

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The lawyer for Juan Orlando Hernández, a former president of Honduras who had been convicted in the United States of drug trafficking charges, said on Tuesday that his client had been released from a federal prison in West Virginia after receiving a full pardon from President Trump. Mr. Trump’s announcement of the pardon last week came as a shock to Hondurans and to U.S. officials who had built a major case against Mr. Hernández for flooding the United States with cocaine. » | NYT | Tuesday, December 2, 2025