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Welcome to The Logoff: The former president of Honduras, who was serving a 45-year sentence for trafficking huge amounts of cocaine into the US, was freed from prison on Tuesday following a pardon from President Donald Trump.

What happened? Trump promised to pardon Juan Orlando Hernández late last week after receiving an ingratiating letter from the former Honduran president, who described himself as a fellow victim of “political persecution” by the Biden administration.

What did Hernández do? Hernández, who served two terms as president of Honduras, was convicted on drug trafficking and firearms offenses la

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