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Trump says he will pardon former Honduran president serving sentence in drug-trafficking case (edition.cnn.com)

submitted 3 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) by kogito@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Last year, Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted of conspiring to traffic 400 tons of cocaine into the United States:

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/juan-orlando-hernandez-former-president-honduras-sentenced-45-years-prison-conspiring

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[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 22 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Venezuela, your narco-terrorism ends now!

Honduras, your narco-terrorism must begin again!

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 37 minutes ago

Someone has to supply Don Jr.

[–] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

So here's how I see it:

Someone is goading/bribing Trump into acting so that they can take control of the Central and North American narcotics trade.

That's why he pushed for invading Mexico to fight the cartels, and when that didn't work out, he shifted to starting a war with Venezuela.

It's obviously not a sincere effort to stop narcotics traffic, or he wouldn't be pardoning Hernández. It's much more likely that he's pardoning Hernández because he either already is or is intended to be a well-connected and experienced ally to Trump and whoever it is that he's working for/with.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 5 points 2 hours ago

Hey now, there’s no law against selling pardons.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I do remember he let El Chapos family into the U.S.... I'm not sure why yet

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

Fucking Dementia patient loose and off his meds pretending to run or know anything.