Trump Pardons Former Honduran President While Declaring Drug War Against Venezuela

Dec 01, 2025 01:21 pm CST

US President Donald Trump has launched a military campaign against Venezuelan drug networks while simultaneously pardoning Juan Orlando Hernandez, the former Honduran president convicted of cocaine trafficking. The controversial decision includes classifying Venezuela's Cartel of the Suns as a terrorist organization and deploying military assets to the Caribbean, even as Trump grants clemency to a man sentenced to 45 years for facilitating massive cocaine shipments to America.