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Trump Pardons Ex-Honduran Leader Hernández, Returns to Tegucigalpa

7/26/2026

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U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, enabling his return on July 26, 2026.
He landed at Palmerola Airport, 60 km from Tegucigalpa, and was greeted.
Hernández said he will ask a court to dismiss fraud and money-laundering charges on August 3.
The Pandora II probe alleged he diverted nearly $11 million in state funds to campaigns from 2010-2013.
A June suspension of his arrest warrant meant he was not detained on arrival.

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U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, enabling his return on July 26, 2026.
He landed at Palmerola Airport, 60 km from Tegucigalpa, and was greeted.
Hernández said he will ask a court to dismiss fraud and money-laundering charges on August 3.
The Pandora II probe alleged he diverted nearly $11 million in state funds to campaigns from 2010-2013.
A June suspension of his arrest warrant meant he was not detained on arrival.