Trump’s pardon of ex-Honduran president Hernández injects wild card into election

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras: The day before Honduras elects a new president, suddenly the main topics of conversation here shifted from domestic matters to US President Donald Trump and the former Honduran president he said he will pardon. Trump cannonballed into the deep end of Honduran politics this week, first endorsing presidential candidate Nasry “Tito” Asfura from the conservative National Party and then announcing the pardon of ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández — of the same party — sentenced to 45 years in a US prison for helping move tons of cocaine.

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