Ex-Honduran first lady praises Trump for pardoning her husband
"Yesterday, Monday, December 1, 2025, we lived a day we will never forget. After almost four years of pain, waiting, and difficult trials, my husband, Juan Orlando Hernandez, RETURNED to being a free man, thanks to the presidential pardon granted by President Donald Trump," she wrote on a major US social media platform.
"Thank you, Mr. President, for giving us hope again and for recognizing a truth we always knew.
"To all the friends who supported us, to those who never stopped praying, defending the truth, and believing in justice: this miracle is yours as well," she added, invoking the Bible in expressing her belief that truth and justice ultimately prevail.
Trump had announced on Nov. 28 that he would issue the pardon for Hernandez, who led Honduras from 2014 to 2022, effectively overturning a 45-year prison sentence for drug trafficking and firearms-related offenses. Hernandez was convicted in March 2024 by a federal jury in New York of conspiring to import over 400 tons of cocaine into the US and using his presidential powers to facilitate the trafficking.
On his platform, Trump argued that Hernandez had been “treated very harshly and unfairly.”
Hernandez was released from a West Virginia prison on Dec. 1.
The pardon drew sharp criticism from US lawmakers, including Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), who noted that Hernandez had headed “one of the largest criminal enterprises ever convicted in US courts,” and condemned the decision as showing little regard for anti-narcotics enforcement.
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