Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/world/americas/trump-pardon-honduras-hernandez.html?unlocked_article_code=1.408.JhSb.Mh07YjtNigDU

Juan Orlando Hernández was accused of receiving millions in bribes and partnering with cocaine traffickers. He was convicted in Manhattan in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.

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PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 134 pts · 264d (15 replies)

Wait... he's killing fishermen who might be trafficking drugs, but he pardons a major narco-boss? WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?

FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com · 54 pts · 264d (3 replies)

He's a corrupt cunt

Nothing is surprising any more

PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 264d (2 replies)

What would surprise me is if there is a successful assassination and the GOP doesn't start another civil war

FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com · 5 pts · 264d (1 reply)

I'd like to see him assassinated, but I want it to be slow and painful

The US isn't on the brink of civil war, despite how it looks. That's why Drumpf is using ICE as his personal thugs. He could whip up the rednecks for free, but they're too useless. They'd have banded together when Obama was president if they were capable

Bonesince1997@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 264d

He watched on Jan 6th and commented on how many fat losers were among them to not actually get the job done.

Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 27 pts · 264d (1 reply)

Further proof they know those are just fishermen

Madison420@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 263d

Eh some arguably are but there are videos of the ones they think they'll get the least blowback from and those are multi engineer v hulls with dozens of rectangular packages front to back. Those ones would be stopped either way since that's traditionally been a red flag for drug trafficking. That said normally you stop the boats and arrest and attempt to turn them to get bigger fish in your net not the guys paid like a thousand dollars to drive boats. You want chemists and labs not jose the fisherman who couldn't pay his bills and turned to crime.

sausager@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 264d (2 replies)

Someone in the Hernández drug cartel paid trump, obviously

tidderuuf@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 264d (1 reply)

Those fishermen have not paid the piper.

INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 264d

You gotta pay the troll toll to get into the USAhole

ripcord@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 264d

Bribes

halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 264d (2 replies)

Of course, he was a head of state. He shouldn't have even been charged. Duh.

I hope this strips off more MAGAts from the group.

PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 264d

Doubt it, sadly.

I guess he likes his blow with his child hookers

human@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 263d

If they even hear about this it will be filed under abstract concepts they don't care about, like Honduras.

cyrano@piefed.social · 10 pts · 264d

It’s just about the money. Once you realize that the more everything makes sense

NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 264d

Either Scarface has dirt on him or this is just more distraction and "flexing" of power.

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 33 pts · 264d (1 reply)

I had to check the subtitle: yes, this person is in a US prison.

It wouldn't surprise me if Rump tried to pardon a corrupt ex-president in a different country.

AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 263d

He tried in Brazil

falseWhite@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 263d (2 replies)
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JackDark@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 263d

*AGAIN

vortexsurfer@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 263d

*2016

BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz · 17 pts · 264d (2 replies)

We're going to WAR with Venezula over Drug Trafficking!

brown567@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 263d (1 reply)

I know very little about anything, but I'd bet Venezuela has oil or some other resource and the US is trying to goad them into doing something they can use to justify invasion

stringere@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 263d

I'd bet Venezuela has oil

and win

FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 263d

All while MURDERING people over alleged drug smuggling