Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernández released from US prison after Trump pardon

Juan Orlando Hernandez, the former president of Honduras, has been released from a US prison, according to online records of federal inmates, after he received a pardon from US President Donald Trump for drug charges, BBC reported. 

The records show Hernandez was released from the high security facility of USP Hazelton in West Virginia on Monday.

Hernandez was found guilty in March 2024 of conspiring to import cocaine to the US, and of possessing machine guns. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison, according to BBC.