Trump’s Pardon of Former Honduras President Raises Questions About Justice and American Security

In a move that has stunned observers and stirred controversy on both sides of the border, former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández was released from prison following a pardon granted by former President Donald Trump. Hernández had been sentenced to 45 years in a New York federal court for orchestrating the transportation of hundreds of tons of cocaine into the United States—a conviction that underscored the deep infiltration of criminal networks at the highest levels of foreign governments. While some in Honduras claimed this pardon was a corrective act against what they called a "set-up," the facts tell a more...