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# Honduras’s Hernandez returns home after Trump pardon: How it happened
_Sentenced to 45 years in the US, Hernandez returns home to his family, party and supporters after President Trump pardons him._
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Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez and his wife, Ana Garcia Carias, embrace as he meets with supporters after arriving in Honduras on July 26, 2026, following a pardon by US President Donald Trump, which freed Hernandez from a 45-year prison sentence for conspiring to import cocaine into the US [Leonel Estrada/Reuters]
By [Al Jazeera Staff](https://www.aljazeera.com/author/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458)
Nearly four years after being extradited to the United States for a drug-trafficking trial, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez returned home after a pardon by US President Donald Trump at the end of last year.
Trump claimed the trial was a “set up” orchestrated by former President Joe Biden’s administration.
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Hernandez still faces corruption charges in Honduras but returned on Sunday after an arrest warrant against him was cancelled.