""I was asked by Honduras, many of the people of Honduras," Trump said. "The people of Honduras really thought he was set up, and it was a terrible thing," he said. "They basically said he was a drug dealer because he was the president of the country. And they said it was a Biden administration set-up," Trump said. "And I looked at the facts and I agreed with them.""
"The U.S. Bureau of Prisons inmate website showed that Hernández was released from U.S. Penitentiary, Hazelton in West Virginia on Monday, and a spokesperson for the bureau on Tuesday confirmed his release. His wife Ana García thanked Trump for pardoning Hernández via the social platform X early Tuesday. "After almost four years of pain, of waiting and difficult challenges, my husband Juan Orlando Hernández RETURNED to being a free man, thanks to the presidential pardon granted by President Donald Trump," García's post said."
Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández was released from a U.S. prison after receiving a presidential pardon from Donald Trump. Hernández had been sentenced last year to 45 years for his role in a drug trafficking operation that moved hundreds of tons of cocaine to the United States. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons inmate website showed his release from U.S. Penitentiary Hazelton in West Virginia, and a bureau spokesperson confirmed it. His wife Ana García publicly thanked Trump on the social platform X. Trump said many Hondurans believed Hernández was set up and that he agreed after reviewing the facts. Hernández's attorney Renato Stabile said he could not share Hernández's location and expressed gratitude for what he called a correction of an injustice.
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