Juan Orlando Hernandez

Honduras's Attorney General's Office (PGR) has appealed a judge's decision to dismiss money-laundering and fraud charges against former president Juan Orlando Hernández, arguing the judge improperly excluded 58% of the prosecution's evidence and wrongly demanded direct rather than circumstantial proof in an organized-crime case.

The National Anticorruption Council director said the Public Ministry failed to prove its case against former president Juan Orlando Hernández, citing the absence of a key witness and saying Honduras's justice system has lost public trust.

A Honduran court on September 1 dismissed charges against former president Juan Orlando Hernández in the Pandora II case, ruling prosecutors failed to prove he diverted $10.8 million to his 2013 campaign when he led Congress, and ordering his release.

Former President Juan Orlando Hernández expressed confidence in his case on fraud and money-laundering charges ahead of a hearing scheduled for Tuesday.

A specialized criminal court scheduled a hearing resolution for September 1 in the case against former president Juan Orlando Hernández, who is accused of fraud and money laundering; prosecutors are seeking formal charges and pretrial detention.

The initial hearing in the Pandora II case against former president Juan Orlando Hernández resumes on Monday, Aug. 24, as his defense challenges prosecution evidence and seeks to overturn fraud charges on grounds that other co-defendants were dismissed.

A judge imposed supervision by his legal team, weekly reporting, a travel ban, and a sworn bond on former president Juan Orlando Hernández in his fraud and money-laundering trial, while his defense filed a new motion challenging the charges.

The initial hearing in the Pandora II case against former President Juan Orlando Hernández, accused of fraud and money laundering tied to diverted public funds from 2010–2013, resumes on August 18 after prosecutors presented 49 pieces of evidence.

A court postponed the initial hearing against former president Juan Orlando Hernández on fraud and money-laundering charges to August 18, after his legal team requested more time to review evidence presented by prosecutors.

Former president Juan Orlando Hernández, previously convicted in the US of drug trafficking and later pardoned, stated he will face money-laundering accusations with respect for the justice system.

The initial hearing in the fraud and money laundering case against former president Juan Orlando Hernández was set to begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday, according to judiciary spokesman Carlos Silva.

A Honduran court finished trying Alexander Ardón, a confessed drug trafficker whose testimony was central to the U.S. conviction of former president Juan Orlando Hernández (sentenced to 45 years), on money-laundering charges; the court will announce its verdict on August 24.

Constitutional Court Justice Sonia Dubón criticized what she called selective justice in the Supreme Court's handling of former President Juan Orlando Hernández's Pandora II case, following a judge's decision on August 3 to replace his pretrial detention with alternative measures.

A Honduran court ruled that former president Juan Orlando Hernández, who returned to Honduras in July after a U.S. pardon, will face trial on money-laundering and fraud charges while free but barred from leaving the country, with an initial hearing set for August 12.

Former president Juan Orlando Hernández, recently pardoned by the U.S., will defend himself without pretrial detention in a Honduran fraud and money-laundering case stemming from the diversion of over 62 million lempiras (roughly $2.5 million) in public funds to political campaigns.

The attorney general's office announced it will seek pretrial detention for former president Juan Orlando Hernández at an August 12 hearing, arguing he poses a risk to evidence and claiming L169 million ($6.8 million) in public funds were diverted to political campaigning.

Former president Juan Orlando Hernández's lawyers filed an appeal after a Supreme Court judge declined to hear the 'Pandora II' case alleging fraud and money laundering, arguing the court should retain jurisdiction over cases involving former high officials.

The assigned judge in Juan Orlando Hernández's case for fraud and money laundering declined to continue, saying the investigation no longer involves a sitting high official requiring the Supreme Court's jurisdiction, prompting Hernández's lawyers to appeal and the former president to claim political persecution.

Former president Juan Orlando Hernández landed at Palmerola International Airport on Sunday, July 26, after receiving a US presidential pardon following his narcotics conviction, and now faces a separate Honduran judicial process in the Pandora II corruption case.

Christian Duarte, a former finance secretary, criticized Juan Orlando Hernández's return to Honduras after receiving a U.S. presidential pardon, calling him the leader of a criminal organization whose rule plunged the country into darkness and asserting he still owes a debt to Honduran justice.

Prosecutors accuse former president Juan Orlando Hernández of diverting at least 62 million lempiras (about $3 million) from state accounts through two foundations to finance his 2013 presidential campaign, funding advertising, advisors' travel, helicopter rentals for his family, and a luxury watch.

Palmerola International Airport urged passengers to arrive early on July 26 due to expected vehicle congestion on the CA-05 highway as former president Juan Orlando Hernández returns to Honduras.

Former president Juan Orlando Hernández, freed after a US pardon erased his 45-year drug-trafficking sentence, will return voluntarily to Honduras this Sunday to face domestic charges of fraud and money laundering, after a Honduran judge suspended the international arrest warrant against him.

The Supreme Court of Justice has decided to transfer the case against former president Juan Orlando Hernández to the corruption court after he lost his immunity as a member of the Central American Parliament, moving it to ordinary jurisdiction.

President Nasry Asfura stated that the government will receive former president Juan Orlando Hernández upon his return on July 26 as it does any Honduran citizen, without addressing the legal proceedings Hernández faces in the Pandora II fraud and money-laundering case.

Honduras's Court of Appeals confirmed the definitive dismissal of former president Porfirio Lobo in the Pandora II graft case, while the prosecution of former president Juan Orlando Hernández in the same matter continues.

Ex-president Juan Orlando Hernández (2014–2022), pardoned by Donald Trump in late 2025 after a 45-year US drug sentence, said he will fly to Honduras on July 27 to face fraud and money-laundering charges and expects to be tried in freedom, citing the release of other co-defendants.

Former president Juan Orlando Hernández's lawyers filed a motion to nullify all proceedings in the Pandora II case — alleging he was abroad when charges were formally filed — and challenged 15 of 36 proposed evidence items, with the hearing adjourned to August 24 so prosecutors can review the objections.

Former President Juan Orlando Hernández's defense filed a motion to keep his case in the Supreme Court rather than transfer it to the specialized organized-crime court, with a scheduled appearance set for August 3 on fraud and money-laundering charges in the 'Pandora II' case.

Honduras's National Anti-Corruption Council released a report analyzing the implications of former President Juan Orlando Hernández's return to the country, stating that his presence is a test of whether the justice system can investigate and prosecute alleged crimes with independence and impartiality.