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The attorney general of Honduras issued an international arrest warrant for former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez after he was pardoned by President Donald Trump.
Honduras' Attorney General, Johel Zelaya, posted a photo of the international arrest warrant on Page X, along with a statement affirming his commitment to fighting corruption.
"We have been torn apart by the tentacles of corruption and the criminal networks that have deeply marked the life of our country.
"That is why, on the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day, which is commemorated on December 9, I inform the Honduran people that I have instructed the [Technical Agency of Criminal Investigation] and also call on state security agencies and our international allies, such as INTERPOL, to execute the international arrest warrant against former President Juan Orlando Hernández, accused of the crimes of money laundering and fraud in the Pandora II case," Zelaya announced.
He said a separate arrest of someone else involved in the corruption case had already taken place.
"Our commitment is to truth and justice, as I promised on my first day at the head of this institution," Zelaya concluded.
Hernandez served as president from 2014 to 2022 and was arrested shortly after leaving office. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison under former President Joe Biden's Justice Department for conspiring to smuggle more than 400 tons of cocaine into the United States. Trump claimed the prosecution was politically motivated.
Hernandez was extradited to the U.S. the same year he was arrested, in 2022. He was convicted after a jury trial in June 2024. He was released from the maximum-security USP Hazelton prison in Preston County, West Virginia, on December 2, according to Federal Bureau of Prisons records.
Trump's Justice Department is likely not to cooperate with the international arrest warrant, giving Hernandez de facto exile in the US.
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