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[^2]\n\nHernandez was extradited to the United States in 2022, convicted of drug trafficking, and sentenced to 45 years in prison. [^3]\n\nPresident Donald Trump pardoned Hernandez at the end of last year, two days before the November 2025 presidential elections in Honduras. [^4]\n\nProsecutors had accused Hernandez and other officials of diverting nearly $11 million in public funds between 2010 and 2013. [^5]\n\nHernández was extradited to the United States in 2022, convicted of drug trafficking, and sentenced to 45 years in prison before being pardoned by Donald Trump. [^6]\n\nProsecutors had accused Hernández and other high-level officials of diverting nearly $11 million in public funds to political campaigns between 2010 and 2013. [^7]\n\nJuan Orlando Hernandez was pardoned by President Donald Trump in the United States on December 1, 2025, after being sentenced to 45 years in prison for drug trafficking in 2024. [^8]\n\nThe prosecution presented 16 documentary proofs and one witness, along with three expert analyses, but failed to establish a financial trail linking Hernandez to the alleged funds. [^9]\n\nHernandez was pardoned by US President Donald Trump on December 1, 2025, which nullified a 45-year drug trafficking sentence imposed during the Joe Biden administration. [^10]\n\nProsecutors alleged these funds were used to finance Hernandez's two presidential terms from 2014 to 2022. [^11]\n\nThe case, known as Pandora I, investigated the diversion of $10.8 million between 2010 and 2013 while Hernandez served as parliamentarian. 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