Former US President Donald Trump has said that he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, the ex-president of Honduras, who was convicted of drug trafficking charges in a US court last year. Trump made the announcement in a Truth Social post on Friday, congratulating the former president on the pardon, saying he was 'treated very harshly and unfairly'. Hernández was found guilty in March 2024 of conspiring to import cocaine into the US, and of possessing machine guns. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison. In the same post, Trump also expressed his support for conservative candidate Tito Asfura in the upcoming general election in Honduras. Hernández was a member of the National Party and served as president from 2014 to 2022, during which he was extradited to the US in 2022 to face trial for his alleged drug trafficking activities. Polls show the election is competitive, with Asfura running against former defense minister Rixi Moncada and television host Salvador Nasralla. Trump criticized the opposing candidates in his post, branding Nasralla as 'a borderline Communist'. The political landscape in Honduras remains complex, especially with President Xiomara Castro now in power, who maintains ties with Cuba and Venezuela but has cooperated with the US on extradition treaties.