Honduras calls in INTERPOL to arrest former President pardoned by Trump

Honduras Seeks To Arrest Former President Despite Trump Pardon

The Honduran attorney general on Monday announced an international arrest warrant against Juan Orlando Hernández, the country’s former president, who recently received a pardon from President Trump and was released from prison.

Honduras’ attorney general Johel Antonio Zelaya Alvarez, wrote on X that he had instructed the national security offices and international security agencies (INTERPOL) to execute an arrest warrant against Hernández, who is accused of money laundering and fraud.

Renato Stabile, Hernández’s lawyer, told the Times that the warrant announcement was “obviously a strictly political move” by the governing Libre Party, whose candidate is trailing as ballots are being counted in the recent presidential election. Alvarez was nominated to his post by the Libre Party, which is opposed to Hernández.

“I was asked by Honduras, many of the people of Honduras,” Trump said.

“The people of Honduras really thought he was set up, and it was a terrible thing,” he said.

“They basically said he was a drug dealer because he was the president of the country. And they said it was a Biden administration set-up. And I looked at the facts and I agreed with them.”

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