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Juan Orlando Hernández

Juan Orlando Hernández

Former President of Honduras

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Trump forces Honduras back into U.S. orbit

Force in Play

Subject of international arrest warrant after Trump pardon

Two days before Honduras voted, Trump pardoned the country's former president from a 45-year drug trafficking sentence, endorsed his party's candidate, and threatened to cut all U.S. aid if the opposition won. The candidate he backed won by 0.74 percent after a three-week count marred by system crashes, midnight data flips, and fraud allegations. Honduras now pivots back toward Washington after two years of courting Beijing—but the Congress president is refusing to validate the results, calling them an 'electoral coup.'

Updated Dec 26, 2025