FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 5 | History Defined

Ex-Honduran president thanks God – and Trump – for drug-trafficking pardon

Juan Orlando Hernández thanked the Lord for being ‘a free man’ and then Trump for ‘changing my life’

The Guardian - US · Dec 8, 2025

How Donald Trump’s pardon wave is ‘normalizing corruption’

NEWS ANALYSIS: The president’s historic pardon streak has let wealthy executives and powerful public figures off the hook, writes Alex Woodward

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2025

Student describes ‘horror show’ ICE deportation to Honduras at Thanksgiving

Any Lucia López Belloza, 19, was detained at Boston airport while on the way to see family in Austin for a surprise trip

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2025

Donald Trump is blaming a former president’s drug trafficking conviction on Joe Biden amid pardon controversy

Just before Honduras’s presidential election, Donald Trump announced his plan to pardon ex-president and drug trafficking convict Juan Orlando Hernandez. Despite extensive trial evidence of his deep links to narco-trafficking, Trump claims that his conviction was a “Biden setup.”

The Mary Sue · Dec 1, 2025

College pledges support for student deported during Thanksgiving trip

Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was detained while en route to surprise family in Texas

The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2025

Trump move to pardon Honduras’s ex-president shows counter-drug effort is ‘based on lies and hypocrisy’

Why has Trump blown up alleged narco boats in the Caribbean and at the same time decided to let a big-time trafficker off the hook?

The Guardian - US · Dec 1, 2025

Trump Defends Pardoning Former Honduran President Convicted Of Drug Trafficking: 'The People of Honduras Really Thought He Was Set Up'

Donald Trump defended pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, sentenced to 45 years in prison for drug trafficking last year in the U.S.

Latin Times · Dec 1, 2025

‘It was a Biden setup’: Trump awkwardly justifies pardon of Honduran president who smuggled hundreds of tonnes of narcotics into the United States

Trump says he's "looked at the facts". Can't say what facts.

We Got This Covered · Dec 1, 2025

Vote count under way in Honduras in close presidential race after Trump’s intervention

Trump shocked Hondurans on Friday by endorsing one of the candidates and announcing that he would pardon ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was serving a 45-year sentence in a US prison for drug trafficking.

Euronews · Dec 1, 2025

Trump Slams Venezuela Over Drug Issues, but Pardons Honduras' Ex-Leader in Cocaine Scandal — Critics See Double Standard

Donald Trump has intensified US-Venezuela tensions over alleged drug trafficking while pardoning a convicted Honduran cocaine trafficker, drawing criticism for a perceived double standard.

International Business Times UK · Dec 1, 2025