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“Green Light From MS-13” - How Ex-President SURVIVED Prison Assassination w/ Diddy, SBF & 6ix9ine

20 Dec 2025

11 min duration
1655 words
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20 Dec 2025
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Juan Orlando Hernández describes being transferred to a high-security prison alongside violent cartel figures, then recounts his time incarcerated with Sam Bankman-Fried and other high-profile inmates. Speaking with Patrick Bet-David, he explains why he believes the move put his life at risk.

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Chapter 1: What experiences did Juan Orlando Hernández have in high-security prison?

0.031 - 28.571 Patrick Bet-David

By the way, this jail, if some people are wondering who stayed here, Whitey Bulger stayed at this jail. Anthony Tonacosta, mob-related inmates after Bulger. Okay, you got some very MS-13 and Latin King cartel killers stay at this place. These are the names you got. Fotios Freddy Giz, Frank Cadillac Frank, Salami, James Alec Fields Jr. You got some interesting people that stayed here.

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28.591 - 42.863 Patrick Bet-David

So they're sending you to a place as if you're a full-on killer is what you are. That's who they put you with. And you said you got three, four. So this is January 16th, January 15th. Is that around the day of 2025 when they put you in jail?

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43.282 - 45.665 Juan Orlando Hernández

No, it was the 21.

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45.946 - 49.17 Patrick Bet-David

Oh, this is first time. When Trump lost.

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50.192 - 60.346 Juan Orlando Hernández

This is after... No, when President Trump wins this last time, five days before they gave the order to move me. To move you to Hazleton. Yeah.

60.406 - 70.128 Patrick Bet-David

That's what I'm saying. So January 15th. Because Trump won, but he got elected. He was inaugurated January 20th. So is this in October or is this in January?

70.308 - 70.808 Juan Orlando Hernández

In January.

70.908 - 77.114 Patrick Bet-David

In January. Got it. And when you were there, is this where you met Sam Bankman Freed? Where did you meet Sam Bankman Freed?

77.194 - 94.154 Juan Orlando Hernández

It was in Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, I was in a special unit. And, of course, I met Sam there. This other guy who is a singer. You call it mogul, music mogul. Yeah, yeah.

Chapter 2: How did Juan Orlando Hernández meet Sam Bankman-Fried in prison?

263.884 - 291.079 Juan Orlando Hernández

To pass your traditional law, the ceasing of assets law, the anti-money laundering law, the reform of the police, it's easy to say it. But to do it is a huge risk. And they were going to come to explain to that. And, you know, the judge agreed with the prosecutors and they didn't allow them to come to do it.

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291.299 - 316.797 Patrick Bet-David

Do you know what Sam Bankman-Fried said about you? Have you read what he said about you or no? My daughter was explaining it to me. Sam Bankman-Fried told Mario Nafal, Rob, I think you have it somewhere. And he explains to him that... He says, I spent a year and a half in the same unit as Juan Orlando. I got to know him fairly well. I'd like to think we became friends.

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317.439 - 340.808 Patrick Bet-David

And I can't think of a single inmate more deserving of a pardon. He was framed, and SBF spent extensive time helping yourself with trial prep and reviewed evidence. And his account, you were convicted in 2024 for a decades-long cocaine conspiracy involving hundreds of murders, but the actual evidence, a ceremonial machine gun, a selfie with a cartel-connected soccer fan.

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340.94 - 365.12 Patrick Bet-David

And testimony from the exact cartel leaders, you were arrested and extradited. Those cartel leaders were offered early release if they could implicate a bigger fish. They chose to testify against the man who put them in prison. The result, your presidency, murder dropped 50%, drug trafficking dropped 90%. Every major cartel leadership extradited to the U.S. SPF. He wasn't just a narco traffic.

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365.14 - 386.826 Patrick Bet-David

He wasn't. just not a narco-trafficker. He was probably the most effective anti-cartel leader in the world. Juan Orlando is the most innocent prisoner I've met, including myself. The pardon came days before Honduras' November 30 election, where Trump endorsed Nasri Asfouda of your national party. The race is now a technical tie.

386.886 - 400.76 Patrick Bet-David

The Trump warning, there will be hell to pay if the electoral body changes the result. That's what Sam Mankman-Fried said about you. Interesting. Did you ever speak to Diddy? A couple of words.

401.4 - 408.947 Juan Orlando Hernández

You know, we were getting into the elevator coming from the legal... He doesn't like elevators.

409.008 - 411.049 Patrick Bet-David

It's bad news to be around elevators with him.

411.069 - 439.415 Juan Orlando Hernández

But I didn't know him at all. And he said, so you are going to Fort North? Was the same floor? I said, yes. So you are the new guy. And he said, yes. And he said, why'd you advise me? And I said, look, you have to keep your mind busy. You told him. Yeah, if you have to do exercise every day, if you like music, you have to... He likes other people's music.

Chapter 3: What was the relationship between Juan Orlando Hernández and Sam Bankman-Fried?

478.461 - 480.725 Patrick Bet-David

But was he cordial with you? Was he respectful with you?

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480.985 - 511.472 Juan Orlando Hernández

Yeah, very respectful. At one point, I was watching a dish, and there was another dish there. It was dirty. I don't know which this who was belong to. And I watched it. And so he came. I said, thank you for watching my dish. Well, I didn't know that was yours. And I said, a president watching? And I said, listen, I mean, I can clean the floor here. I was raised like that.

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511.492 - 530.204 Juan Orlando Hernández

I don't care about those things. They think that because you are president, you are like, no, I mean. It is the way that you are raised. And I think that that's helped me with a lot of respect from so many people in jail.

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530.445 - 533.672 Patrick Bet-David

How long were you with all of them, with SPF, with Diddy, with Tekashi?

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Chapter 4: What threats did Juan Orlando Hernández face from MS-13?

534.8 - 567.051 Juan Orlando Hernández

With this guy, Tekashi, I think it was about a couple of months. Oh, really? With Diddy, it could be a little bit longer than that. With Sam, I think it could be a year and a half. Oh, so you guys spend real time together with Sam. Yeah. Well, with Sam, we prepare a lot of questions for my trial. And unfortunately, my lawyer... We lost confidence and trust with him, but we lost communication.

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567.752 - 597.375 Juan Orlando Hernández

And at the end, when I finally came and said, listen, I know that you don't have any question for the witnesses. I already worked on that. And then when he was looking at that, he said, this is amazing. Well, I did your work. Now, please do it. but he couldn't do it. Is this a guy that was sick? Yeah, he was really sick, but also he was taking care of his mother. She was also sick.

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597.541 - 601.408 Juan Orlando Hernández

And I bet that he also was afraid of some things.

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601.648 - 625.546 Patrick Bet-David

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625.566 - 656.286 Patrick Bet-David

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