The United States extradited a former head of state, tried him in New York, and convicted him of running cocaine into this country with the Sinaloa cartel. 400 tons. Cooperating witnesses testified against the man who had commanded their country's army and police. Merrick Garland called it one of the largest and most violent trafficking conspiracies in the world. Bloomberg called the verdict the capstone of one of the most ambitious narcotics investigations DOJ has ever run.
His name is Juan Orlando Hernández. He was sentenced to 45 years. He served 18 months.
Trump pardoned him on December 1. He walked out the same day. The announcement came in the same post endorsing a candidate in the Honduran election, days before the vote.
Meanwhile this administration is firing missiles at boats in the Caribbean and calling it a war on drugs. The men on those boats never see a courtroom. Hernández got one, lost, and got a pardon anyway.
@MartinShkreli@Georgesantos You would probably break an arm slapping him. Also, your parents fled communism so you could come be a criminal here? You're exactly who maga claims they want to deport 😂
@majorityfm this might be worth mentioning on your show if you haven't already. Might be a blueprint for other towns:
N.J. town pulls $91M from Citizens Bank over ICE detention ties - https://t.co/plHttGc097 https://t.co/U0EoB5Vhfi
@hasanthehun How easy would it be to look into these patches he wants to deploy to fix vulnerabilities in election machines? Because they are probably what he'll use to actually rig elections
@AsteadWH@EmmaVigeland Something smells fishy. Racicot was upset that her story wasn't more prominent in NY Times, so she went to Politico. Then she uses the excuse that she waited this long bc she didn't want to be known as a rape victim. Then she does a CNN interview. Why not stop at the articles?
@ThatGuy28780245@Alhamdhulillaah V is not pronounced like B in all of Portugal. Just in the top half. And he's from an island so that doesn't really apply to him