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Honduran ex-president has no plans for political return after Trump pardon, his wife says

Salvador Nasralla, presidential candidate for the opposition Liberal Party, gestures during a press conference in Tegucigalpa on December 2, 2025. [AFP]

Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez is not planning any immediate return to his country due to threats for his life, his wife told AFP, after the former leader received a surprise pardon from President Donald Trump.

From her home in Tegucigalpa, Ana Garcia thanked the US president, saying the pardon put an end to an "injustice" that she blamed in part on former Democratic President Joe Biden.

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