Pardoned Ex-President Hernández Returns to Face Charges at Home
Published on Honduras Daily · Jul 26, 2026 · Originally reported July 25, 2026 by El Heraldo
Former president Juan Orlando Hernández, freed after a US pardon wiped out his 45-year drug-trafficking sentence, will return voluntarily to Honduras on Sunday to face domestic charges of fraud and money laundering, after a Honduran judge suspended the international arrest warrant against him.
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