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Trump’s pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández erased a 45-year federal sentence for cocaine-trafficking and weapons convictions and set off immediate criticism over the timing and the beneficiary.
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Trump’s pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández erased a 45-year federal sentence for cocaine-trafficking and weapons convictions and set off immediate criticism over the timing and the beneficiary.
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