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Honduran police officers escort Juan Orlando Hernandez to Toncontin International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, for extradition in 2022. — Honduran police officers escort Juan Orlando Hernandez to Toncontin International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, for extradition in 2022.Photographer: Tomas Ayuso/Bloomberg

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By Kate Sullivan

December 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM UTC

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President Donald Trump delivered on his promise to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, freeing the onetime leader from US prison where he was serving a 45-year sentence for drug trafficking.