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The Trump administration's pardon of convicted drug trafficker Juan Orlando Hernández raises questions about its war on "narcoterrorism."
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A former DEA agent called the release "devastating": "It means any attempt to work your investigations to the highest levels is meaningless."
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Jay Clayton, Manhattan's top federal prosecutor, had called his office's drug prosecution of an ex-president of Honduras a success. President Trump decided to free him this week.
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The defense secretary's remarks were the most extensive public accounting yet of his involvement in the military's lethal attack on alleged drug smugglers on Sept. 2.
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Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, sentenced last year to 45 years in prison for his role in a drug-trafficking operation that moved hundreds of tonnes of cocaine to the United States, was released from prison following a pardon from President Donald Trump, officials confirmed Tuesday.
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Trump administration officials used Carpenter's song and Franklin the Turtle's image in social media posts about deportation and killing drug traffickers.
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