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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.

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.