{"id":8939,"date":"2026-05-20T00:59:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/?p=8939"},"modified":"2026-05-20T00:59:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:29:57","slug":"key-moments-from-bbc-interview-with-pardoned-honduran-ex-president-juan-orlando-hernandez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/?p=8939&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Key Moments from BBC Interview with Pardoned Honduran Ex-President Juan Orlando Hern\u00e1ndez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC journalist Will Grant recently conducted an interview with <strong>former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>, who received a pardon from US President Donald Trump in December.<\/p>\n<h3>Conviction and Presidential Pardon<\/h3>\n<p>Hern\u00e1ndez was convicted in March 2024 on charges of <strong>drug trafficking and weapons offences<\/strong>, leading to a 45-year prison sentence. This conviction preceded the pardon granted by former President Trump. Trump publicly stated on Truth Social that Hern\u00e1ndez had been &#8220;treated very harshly and unfairly&#8221; in the legal process.<\/p>\n<h3>Claims of Innocence<\/h3>\n<p>During the BBC interview, Hern\u00e1ndez reiterated his claims of innocence regarding the charges. He also addressed the drug trafficking charges faced by his brother.<\/p>\n<p>#JuanOrlandoHern\u00e1ndez #Honduras #DonaldTrump #PresidentialPardon #DrugTrafficking #BBCInterview #USJusticeSystem #InternationalPolitics #FormerPresident #LegalCase<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC journalist Will Grant recently conducted an interview with former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hern\u00e1ndez, who received a pardon from US President Donald Trump in December. Conviction and Presidential Pardon Hern\u00e1ndez was convicted in March 2024 on charges of drug trafficking and weapons offences, leading to a 45-year prison sentence. This conviction preceded the pardon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}