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Trump's favorite drug trafficker returns triumphantly to Honduras
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Responsible Statecraft
Former President Juan Orlando Hernández, the convicted drug trafficker pardoned by President Donald Trump last December, flew triumphantly home to Honduras on Sunday in full, ambitious glory.
Trump's use of a presidential pardon to empower the forces of greed and repression in Honduras is entirely unprecedented.
Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH, as he is known) is not just a documented drug trafficker.
Meanwhile, however, behind the scenes, independent federal prosecutors with the Southern District of New York built a powerful case against the Honduran president.
Whatever happens next, the destructive impact of Trump's pardon is already clear and will only escalate.