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December 9, 2025

Honduras Seeks to Arrest Ex-President and Narcotrafficker Juan Orlando Hernández After Trump Pardon
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Despite claiming to target alleged drug boats in the Pacific and the
Caribbean, President Trump has used his power to pardon about 100 people
accused of drug-related crimes - that's according to a Washington Post
analysis. Just last week, Trump pardoned former Honduran President Juan
Orlando Hernández, who was sentenced to 45 years in prison for
conspiring to distribute more than 400 tons of cocaine in the U.S. On
Monday night, the Honduran attorney general announced he had instructed
his government and Interpol to arrest Hernández.

Meanwhile, a 2016 video unearthed by CNN of Defense Secretary Hegseth
shows him repeatedly warning that the U.S. military should refuse
"unlawful" orders from the President.

Pete Hegseth: "If you're doing something that is just completely
unlawful and ruthless, then there is a consequence for that. That's why
the military said it won't follow unlawful orders from their
commander-in-chief."



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