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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSoft on crime?
Trump pardons Honduran ex-president who was convicted of drug crimes (NPR) President Trump has officially pardoned former Honduran President, Juan Orlando Hernández, who US officials said was at the center of one of the largest and most violent drug-trafficking conspiracies in the world.
A White House official not authorized to speak on the record confirmed the pardon was granted and the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed his release on Monday.
Hernández, who served two terms as the leader of the Central American nation, had been sentenced to 45 years for conspiring to import cocaine to the United States.
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A White House official not authorized to speak on the record confirmed the pardon was granted and the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed his release on Monday.
Hernández, who served two terms as the leader of the Central American nation, had been sentenced to 45 years for conspiring to import cocaine to the United States.
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If you can't help your friends, who can you help?
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Soft on crime? (Original Post)
Munu
Dec 4
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Sneederbunk
(17,351 posts)1. Friends with a lot of money and willing to spend it.
Munu
(149 posts)3. So about the prospective war on narco-terrorism ...
Now that I think of it ...
Trump isn't suppressing narco-terrorism, he's picking winners and losers.
The fucker in the WH is a walking talking crime wave!
