IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 929 
Reaffirming the commitment of the United States to cooperate and partner 
with the Government of Honduras to counter narcotics and condemning 
the pardon of Juan Orlando Herna´ndez. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 4, 2025 
Mr. MEEKS (for himself, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. STANTON, 
Ms. TITUS, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, and Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Reaffirming the commitment of the United States to cooper-
ate and partner with the Government of Honduras to 
counter narcotics and condemning the pardon of Juan 
Orlando Herna´ndez. 
Whereas Honduras has long been a close and important part-
ner of the United States in Central America; 
Whereas Juan Orlando Herna´ndez was elected President of 
Honduras in 2013 and began serving his first term as 
President in 2014; 
Whereas Honduras has a clear one term limit for all Presi-
dents, but Juan Orlando Herna´ndez attacked the rule of 
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law in Honduras and replaced judges until a cherry- 
picked Honduran Supreme Court permitted him to run 
for reelection; 
Whereas Juan Orlando Herna´ndez’s brother was convicted on 
drug trafficking charges in the United States during 
Herna´ndez’s second Presidential term; 
Whereas United States prosecutors, in an indictment un-
sealed April 21, 2022, established that from 2004 
through 2022, Juan Orlando Herna´ndez participated in 
a corrupt and violent drug-trafficking conspiracy to im-
port hundreds of thousands of kilograms of cocaine into 
the United States, using his public office to facilitate the 
operation; 
Whereas Juan Orlando Herna´ndez, former President of Hon-
duras, was arrested, extradited to the United States, and 
prosecuted in the Southern District of New York on seri-
ous narcotics trafficking and related firearms charges; 
Whereas the evidence presented at trial showed that 
Herna´ndez accepted millions of dollars in bribes from 
major cocaine trafficking networks, and directed Hon-
duran law enforcement and military forces to protect 
shipments destined for the United States and evidence at 
trial indicated Herna´ndez stated to fellow narcotraf-
fickers that ‘‘together they were going to shove the drugs 
right up the noses of the gringos’’; 
Whereas, on June 26, 2024, a United States District Court 
Judge sentenced Herna´ndez to 45 years in prison, recog-
nizing that the scheme constituted one of the largest and 
most violent drug-trafficking conspiracies in the world, 
and that his abuse of power inflicted harm on both Hon-
duran and American communities; 
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Whereas the Trump administration has brought the United 
States military to the brink of war with Venezuela to 
stop ‘‘narcoterrorist’’ Nicola´s Maduro; 
Whereas Secretary of State Marco Rubio has described inter-
national drug cartels as ‘‘narcoterrorists’’ and warned 
that transnational criminal organizations undermine gov-
ernance, sovereignty, and stability across Latin America; 
Whereas Secretary of State Marco Rubio has used the indict-
ment of Nicola´s Maduro in the Southern District of New 
York on drug trafficking charges as a justification to ad-
vocate for reckless military action in Venezuela without 
congressional approval; 
Whereas the pardon of Juan Orlando Herna´ndez undermines 
the administration’s claims it sees drug trafficking in the 
Western Hemisphere as an imminent threat to the 
United States, and jeopardizes cooperation between the 
United States and partner nations in anticorruption ef-
forts, emboldens criminal syndicates, and signals that po-
litical influence can override the rule of law; 
Whereas victims of narcotics trafficking in both the United 
States and Honduras, including families affected by ad-
diction, violence, displacement, and intimidation, have 
been denied the full measure of justice they are afforded; 
Whereas the pardon of Juan Orlando Herna´ndez damages 
the 
United 
States 
credibility 
as 
a 
leader 
for 
anticorruption, counter narcotics cooperation, and demo-
cratic accountability abroad; 
Whereas Honduras had an election on November 30, 2025, 
and the winner remains undetermined; and 
Whereas the Trump administration continues to unlawfully 
target alleged narcoterrorists in boat strikes resulting in 
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83 deaths as of the date of introduction of this resolu-
tion: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) emphasizes the importance of a fair vote 
count and a free and fair election in Honduras; 
(2) underscores the importance of the United 
States continuing its partnership with Honduras to 
promote security, counter illegal narcotics, address 
migration, and promote economic development, re-
gardless of the ultimate winner of the November 30, 
2025, election; 
(3) urges the Department of State to strength-
en efforts to combat corruption and narcotics traf-
ficking in Honduras and throughout Central Amer-
ica through Magnitsky sanctions and coordinated 
law-enforcement cooperation; 
(4) condemns the decision of the President of 
the United States to grant a pardon to former Hon-
duran President Juan Orlando Herna´ndez; 
(5) expresses solidarity with victims of drug 
trafficking, corruption, and violence in both the 
United States and Honduras, and recognizes the 
courage of those who have risked their safety to ex-
pose wrongdoing by powerful political and criminal 
actors; and 
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(6) rejects the unauthorized by Congress use of 
military force to kill individuals without the possi-
bility of interdiction, trial, and conviction, while par-
doning high level individuals that have been con-
victed after a fair trial in United States courts. 
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