Former Honduran president facing fraud and money-laundering charges; latest rulings release him from pre-trial detention amid Pandora investigation fallout.
Hernández returns home to Honduras to face corruption charges as Pandora Case investigations continue. A U.S. conviction has been pardoned, while observers warn of potential impunity on Honduran soil amid political pressures and ongoing trials.
Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández has been definitively released after a US pardon and subsequent legal challenges. Prosecutors questioned the strength of Honduras’s Pandora I case, which alleges misallocation of public funds and political financing; Hernández maintains his innocence. The case and pardon are central to ongoing political tensions in Honduras.