Politics: Tegucigalpa
Key Facts
—Ruling. On 3 August 2026, a Honduran court rejected prosecutors’ request for pretrial detention and ruled that former president Juan Orlando Hernández will face the Pandora II case in freedom, under conditions.
—Not an acquittal. The decision concerns only whether he awaits trial in custody; no court has ruled on the merits of the fraud and money-laundering accusations, which he denies.
—Conditions. The court barred him from leaving the country, placed him under his defense team’s supervision with weekly reporting, and set a caución juratoria, a sworn undertaking to appear.
