Summary
Juan Orlando Hernandez received a pardon on December 1, 2025, from President Donald Trump. The pardon covered convictions for conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States; possessing machine guns and destructive devices in furtherance of the cocaine importation conspiracy; and conspiracy to use and carry machine guns and destructive devices.
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Pardon · December 1, 2025
Granted by Donald Trump (Republican)
Conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States; possessing machine guns and destructive devices in furtherance of the cocaine importation conspiracy; conspiracy to use and carry machine guns and destructive devices
Original sentence: 540 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release · $8,000,000.00 fine (sentenced June 26, 2024, Southern New York).
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