These actions coincided with a spike in violent crime in Honduras, rendering it for a time the most dangerous nation on earth, forcing many Hondurans to leave their country, some coming to the United States. The jury that heard the three week long case against the disgraced former president convicted him on multiple offenses. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison. Last Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, President Trump announced that he would pardon this notorious narco trafficking Kingpin after just one year serving his 45 year sentence in a federal penitentiary in West Virginia. (01:37–01:49)
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Asserts that Hernandez was convicted on multiple offenses and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
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