Ex-Finance Chief Assails Pardoned Former President Hernández

Published on Honduras Daily · Jul 27, 2026 · Originally reported July 27, 2026 by El Libertador

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

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