El expresidente hondureño Juan Orlando Hernández fue liberado en Estados Unidos
El expresidente hondureño Juan Orlando Hernández, condenado en Estados Unidos por narcotráfico, fue liberado este lunes, según los registros actualizados del Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), tras recibir un perdón total del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump. Hernández llegó extraditado en abril de 2022 a Estados Unidos, donde en marzo de 2024 fue sentenciado a 45 […]
TL;DR
- Juan Orlando Hernández, former president of Honduras, has been released from a US federal prison.
- He was serving a 45-year sentence for drug and weapons trafficking charges.
- The release followed a total pardon from former US President Donald Trump.
- Trump stated the Biden administration had "trapped" Hernández.
- Critics argue the pardon weakens the fight against drug trafficking.
- Defenders point to alleged trial irregularities and political persecution.
- Hernández had written a letter to Trump requesting a pardon, praising his collaboration.
- Roger Stone, a former ally of Trump, reportedly influenced the pardon through lobbying.