A former Honduran president convicted of helping to smuggle 400 tons of cocaine into the United States has left prison after being pardoned by President Donald Trump . The U.S. Bureau of Prisons confirmed his release in a statement to the Associated Press.

Juan Orlando Hernandez was released from a federal prison in West Virginia on Monday and was "once again a free man," his wife, Ana García, announced on social media. García thanked Mr. Trump for pardoning Hernández via the social platform X early Tuesday.

"After almost four years of pain, of waiting and difficult challenges, my husband Juan Orlando Hernández RETURNED to being a free man, thanks to the presidential pardon granted by President Donald Trump," García's post said. She included a picture of the U.S. Bureau of Priso

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