Eder Peralta

Juan Orlando Hernandez was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison last year for trafficking some 400 tons of cocaine into the United States.

At the time, the Justice Department said he abused his power to help one of the most powerful drug trafficking conspiracies in the world.

Now, after President Trump issued a pardon, he was released from a prison in West Virginia.

Honduras is currently in the middle of a tense presidential election.

Voters went to the polls on Sunday.

Citing technical issues, the vote count stopped on Monday.

Now, two opposition candidates are in a statistical tie, and the ruling party, which will lose power, denounced U.S.

interference in the vote.

Eder Peralta, NPR News, Mexico City.

President Trump says the vessel was, quote, Trump released a video on social media showing what appears to be a stationary vessel at sea, which is then blown up by a projectile.

He says...

Six, quote, narco-terrorists were killed.

The White House did not provide any evidence that the boat was carrying drugs.

Venezuela's government has claimed that a similar attack killed civilians on a fishing boat.

Last week, the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, said the boat that had been hit then was Colombian, carrying Colombian citizens.

This isn't a war against drugs, Petro charged.

He says it's an attempt to topple the Venezuelan regime and get its oil.

Eder Peralta, NPR News, Mexico City.