>“Juan Orlando Hernández ran a violent, cartel-backed empire that trafficked hundreds of tons of cocaine into the United States, stole taxpayer dollars, and terrorized communities across Honduras and Central America,” said Congresswoman Torres. “A pardon would erase years of work holding powerful criminals accountable, reward corruption at the highest levels, and betray every American family harmed by his crimes. He must serve his full sentence.”
>Hernández’s trial and conviction marked a critical victory for international anti-corruption and anti-drug efforts, demonstrating the importance of U.S. oversight and Central American cooperation in combating transnational crime. His pardon would undermine these efforts and embolden violent networks across the region.
>“Over his presidency, Hernández turned the Honduran government into a tool of violence and corruption,” Torres continued. “He deployed police and military forces to protect cocaine shipments, used death squads to intimidate opponents, and openly branded drugs with his initials while profiting from American deaths. Pardoning him would signal to the world that power and money can shield criminals from justice and that victims’ lives do not matter.”
>Congresswoman Torres is calling on President Trump to stand with victims, law enforcement, and communities across the Americas, not shield criminals, and to ensure Hernández serves his full sentence.
suppleQueen on
He pardons this drug dealer but kills people on boats he says are drug dealers? You can’t make sense of anything in this administration, anymore
feanornoldor666 on
LMFAO at democrats and their ‘strongly worded letters’. People ALMOST started respecting and believing them when they were willing to shut down the government. Then they caved like we all knew they would because all of their ‘resistance’ is performative bullshit just like these letters they keep writing. Meely mouthed milquetoast mooks.
VaguelyArtistic on
A reporter is going to ask him about this and he’s going to say he doesn’t know who he is. Count on it.
Stereo_Jungle_Child on
“But, Hernandez’s wire transfer already went through” — Trump
7ddlysuns on
Aren’t there related state level crimes that could be levied now? Didn’t we all suffer this ?
GandalfsLongPipe on
Lol and the Conservative sub had a posy about this and it was literally everyone shitting on Trump so they straight up nuked the whole post. What a joke. But all those Republicans who made their comments will look and see the post got removed and the realization that thr Mods are actively censoring their own base will dawn on them. Better late than never.
T1Pimp on
Hernandez trafficked 400 TONS into the US. That’s 800,000 POUNDS of cocaine. Trump is pardoning him. Trump is saying he’s blowing up (illegally) Venezuelans over drugs and now invading… but he’ll pardon Hernandez. Republicans are such fucking assholes.
moldibread on
death for the low level guys, pardons for the bosses. thats the obvious pattern.
he sees guys on the boat as sub-human, but the crime boss on the other hand, he sees himself.
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The letter: (And, I just noticed **the actual letter contains more**: [https://torres.house.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_president_trump_on_juan_orlando_hernadez.pdf](https://torres.house.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_president_trump_on_juan_orlando_hernadez.pdf) )
>“Juan Orlando Hernández ran a violent, cartel-backed empire that trafficked hundreds of tons of cocaine into the United States, stole taxpayer dollars, and terrorized communities across Honduras and Central America,” said Congresswoman Torres. “A pardon would erase years of work holding powerful criminals accountable, reward corruption at the highest levels, and betray every American family harmed by his crimes. He must serve his full sentence.”
>Hernández’s trial and conviction marked a critical victory for international anti-corruption and anti-drug efforts, demonstrating the importance of U.S. oversight and Central American cooperation in combating transnational crime. His pardon would undermine these efforts and embolden violent networks across the region.
>“Over his presidency, Hernández turned the Honduran government into a tool of violence and corruption,” Torres continued. “He deployed police and military forces to protect cocaine shipments, used death squads to intimidate opponents, and openly branded drugs with his initials while profiting from American deaths. Pardoning him would signal to the world that power and money can shield criminals from justice and that victims’ lives do not matter.”
>Congresswoman Torres is calling on President Trump to stand with victims, law enforcement, and communities across the Americas, not shield criminals, and to ensure Hernández serves his full sentence.
He pardons this drug dealer but kills people on boats he says are drug dealers? You can’t make sense of anything in this administration, anymore
LMFAO at democrats and their ‘strongly worded letters’. People ALMOST started respecting and believing them when they were willing to shut down the government. Then they caved like we all knew they would because all of their ‘resistance’ is performative bullshit just like these letters they keep writing. Meely mouthed milquetoast mooks.
A reporter is going to ask him about this and he’s going to say he doesn’t know who he is. Count on it.
“But, Hernandez’s wire transfer already went through” — Trump
Aren’t there related state level crimes that could be levied now? Didn’t we all suffer this ?
Lol and the Conservative sub had a posy about this and it was literally everyone shitting on Trump so they straight up nuked the whole post. What a joke. But all those Republicans who made their comments will look and see the post got removed and the realization that thr Mods are actively censoring their own base will dawn on them. Better late than never.
Hernandez trafficked 400 TONS into the US. That’s 800,000 POUNDS of cocaine. Trump is pardoning him. Trump is saying he’s blowing up (illegally) Venezuelans over drugs and now invading… but he’ll pardon Hernandez. Republicans are such fucking assholes.
death for the low level guys, pardons for the bosses. thats the obvious pattern.
he sees guys on the boat as sub-human, but the crime boss on the other hand, he sees himself.