Honduran Court Drops Fraud, Money Laundering Case Against Former President
'Today, this chapter of political persecution has ended,' former President Juan Orlando Hernández said.
TL;DR
- A Honduran court dismissed fraud and money laundering charges against former President Juan Orlando Hernández.
- Hernández was previously serving a 45-year sentence in the U.S. for drug trafficking.
- He was pardoned by the U.S. President nine months prior to the court's decision.
- Prosecutors had accused Hernández of diverting nearly $11 million in state funds to political campaigns between 2010 and 2013.
- Some of these funds were allegedly used for Hernández’s first presidential campaign.