Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, second from right, is taken in handcuffs to a waiting aircraft as he is extradited to the United States, at an Air Force base in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, April 21, 2022. Moises Castillo, Associated Press
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President Trump’s pardon of former Honduran President Hernández, a convicted cocaine trafficker, is another example of why Trump’s actions are concerning.

The pardon allowed Hernández, who was serving a 45-year prison term for working with cartels to ship 400 tons of cocaine to the U.S., to walk free as the administration kills alleged low-level drug smugglers by launching airstrikes at sea. This is just one more example of Trump freeing convicted criminals. How does this make Americans safer?

Jean M. Lown

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