Why did The Felon pardon Hernandez? Apparently to serve Thiel, Altman, and Andreesen

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Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025 Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025 at 9:26:13am PST

From Raw Story, Nov. 29, by Carl Gibson:

Trump wrote in a Friday post to his Truth Social platform that he was endorsing Nasry "Tito" Asfura in Sunday's presidential election in Honduras, and that his administration would be "very supportive" of Asfura's government if he won. …

Trump's announcement caught many off-guard, with various journalists, commentators and experts denouncing the president for freeing a convicted drug trafficker – especially as the Trump administration continues to carry out fatal and potentially illegal strikes on boats it alleges are trafficking drugs to the United States. …

Trump did not immediately state his reason for pardoning Hernández. However, the former Honduran leader is connected to multiple wealthy Trump supporters, including Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel. The New York Times reported in 2024 that Thiel (who bankrolled Vice President JD Vance's 2022 U.S. Senate campaign), along with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and venture capitalist Marc Andreesen, worked with Hernández when he was president of Honduras' congress to launch a "start-up city" called Próspera.

"Próspera is a private, for-profit city, with its own government that courts foreign investors through low taxes and light regulation," the Times' Rachel Corbett wrote. "Businesses can choose a regulatory framework from a menu of 36 countries or customize their own."

As always, follow the money.