Overview
- In a video released Friday, the former Honduran president thanked President Donald Trump for the full, unconditional pardon that freed him from U.S. custody.
- He insisted he is innocent and claimed his prosecution was a politically driven conspiracy involving Honduran opponents and officials in the Biden administration.
- Luis Santos, head of Honduras’s anti‑corruption unit, said an arrest warrant for money laundering and fraud has been held by the Security Secretariat and Interpol since September 2023.
- Hernández’s attorney, Renato Stabile, said he could not confirm any arrest order and understood a judge had not issued one.
- Santos said authorities will seek his extradition from the United States if he does not return to Honduras, while the U.S. conviction record and DOJ findings from his 2024 trial and 45‑year sentence remain on file.