Trump’s vow to pardon jailed ex-Honduran president sparks backlash
President Donald Trump has faced criticism for announcing that he would pardon the former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, who is serving a 45‑year sentence in the United States for drug trafficking. Trump posted on Truth Social he would issue the order for Hernández, who was convicted in 2024 of conspiring to import 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S. Trump linked the pardon to his endorsement of Nasry “Tito” Asfura, the…