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DARK SECRETS: 2 - The Real Truth

Colombia’s president warns Trump: ‘Do not wake the jaguar’ with threats of military strikes

Gustavo Petro responded to intimations by US president of military strikes on Colombian soil to fight drug trafficking

The Guardian - US · Dec 3, 2025

Trump frees ex-Honduran president from prison as country awaits knife-edge election result

Release of convicted cocaine trafficker Juan Orlando Hernández is latest US interference in election and comes despite Trump’s apparent ‘war on drugs’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2025

Trump wields pardons as purest form of power

No president has used pardons more openly as a tool of personal and ideological loyalty than Trump.

Axios · Dec 2, 2025

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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

‘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

Sam Bankman-Fried 'Glad; Trump Plans To Pardon Former Honduran President Who Was Once His Prison Inmate

Convicted cryptocurrency fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried defended former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, calling his arrest for drug-related crimes a “travesty.”

Benzinga · 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

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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

Trump Plans To Pardon Former Honduran President

President Donald Trump said he plans to pardon ex-Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who is serving a lengthy U.S. sentence for drug-related crimes.

Benzinga · Nov 29, 2025

Trump Says He Will Pardon Honduran Ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández and Backs Tito Asfura Ahead of Election

Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, convicted in 2024 for major cocaine trafficking, is back in the spotlight after US President Trump announced plans for a full pardon.

International Business Times UK · Nov 29, 2025

Trump to pardon ex-Honduras leader serving drug trafficking sentence in US

Hernández was convicted in 2024 of accepting millions in bribes to protect cocaine shipments

The Guardian - US · Nov 28, 2025

Former Honduran Police Chief Sentenced To 19 Years

Former Honduran police chief 'El Tigre' sentenced to 19 years for cocaine conspiracy, involving protecting drug shipments to the US.

Former Honduras national police chief gets 19 years in U.S. prison for cocaine distribution

The former chief of the Honduran National Police has been sentenced to 19 years in prison after he pleaded guilty in a cocaine conspiracy

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2024

Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández sentenced to 45 years in U.S. prison

He has been found guilty on three drug and gun trafficking charges

Latin Times · Jun 27, 2024

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The Guardian - US · Jun 26, 2024

Ex-president of Honduras sentenced to 45 years in US prison for drug trafficking

Juan Orlando Hernández said all Honduran political parties accepted drug money, but denied taking bribes himself

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2024

Former Honduran president sentenced for helping traffickers get tons of cocaine into US

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for enabling drug traffickers to use his military and national police force to help get tons of cocaine into the United States

Latin Times · Jun 25, 2024

Former Honduran president to learn if he'll spend the rest of his life at an American prison

Juan Orlando Hernández served as president of Honduras from 2014 to 2022. He was extradited to the U.S. on April 2022

Former Honduras First Lady Seeks Presidency Amid Husband's Conviction

Ana García de Hernández enters Honduras presidential race to defend husband's innocence amid drug trafficking charges. Criticizes U.S. government and seeks...

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WEKU · Mar 8, 2024

U.S. court convicts ex-president of Honduras of aiding drug traffickers

Former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández has been found guilty on charges relating to drug trafficking and weapons possession, in a trial by jury in New York.

Latin Times · Mar 8, 2024

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández is Convicted of Aiding Drug Traffickers

Hernández had been accused of taking millions of dollars in bribes to enable cocaine trafficking into the United States

The Guardian - US · Mar 8, 2024

‘He paved a cocaine superhighway’: ex-Honduran president convicted in New York trafficking trial

Juan Orlando Hernández, 55, once a US ally in the ‘war on drugs’, found guilty on three counts and faces 40 years in prison

Former Honduras President On Trial For Drug Trafficking

Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández is on trial in Manhattan for drug trafficking ties, sparking mixed reactions in Honduras.

Al Jazeera · Feb 22, 2024

‘Divine justice’: How Hondurans are reacting to an ex-president’s US trial

Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez faces accusations he transformed Honduras into a drug-trafficking ‘narco-state’.

Latin Times · Feb 20, 2024

Former Honduran President Starts Trial in the U.S., Accused of Running a 'Narco-State

Juan Orlando Hernández has also been accused of accepting millions in bribes from drug traffickers

The Guardian - US · Feb 20, 2024

Ex-Honduran leader praised by Trump faces trial in US for running ‘narco-state’

Juan Orlando Hernández stands trial in a New York courtroom on Monday accused of taking millions in bribes from drug traffickers

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