Honduras seeks arrest of ex-President Hernández after Trump pardon

Honduras said that he had asked Interpol to execute an arrest order for ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was recently pardoned by President Donald Trump.

Honduras Attorney General Johel Zelaya said Monday that he had ordered authorities and asked Interpol to execute a 2023 arrest order for ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was recently pardoned by President Donald Trump.

Hernández was released from federal prison in the United States last week after Trump pardoned him. Hernández had been sentenced in U.S. federal court last year to 45 years in prison for helping move tons of cocaine to the United States.

Hernández went from supposed U.S. ally in the war on drugs to the subject of a U.S. extradition request shortly after he left office in 2022. He was detained and sent to the U.S. by current President Xiomara Castro of the social democrat LIBRE party.