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Juan Orlando Hernandez
December 6, 2025
Robert McCoy
Notorious Drug Trafficker Personally Thanks MAGA
Trump pardoned the former Honduran president this week because, sure. Why not?
December 3, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Backs Pete Hegseth on Boat Strikes Even as GOP Turns on Him
Donald Trump said Pete Hegseth is doing “exactly” the right thing in the Caribbean.
December 2, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Notorious Drug Trafficker Officially Walks Free Thanks to Trump
Donald Trump has pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández.
December 1, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Spirals When Asked Why He Pardoned Notorious Drug Trafficker
Donald Trump has previously bragged about stopping the flow of drugs into the United States.
December 2, 2021
Jared Olson
What Happens After a U.S.-Enabled Narco-Dictatorship Ends?
Xiomara Castro’s win in Honduras means the end of Juan Orlando Hernández’s corrupt reign—and a chance for the U.S. to reform its broken policy toward Central America.
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