Trump pardons woman he had freed before and several tied to Puerto Rico case

President Trump this week issued a package of clemency grants that included pardoning Adriana Camberos, whom he had previously freed, and several figures connected to a Puerto Rico corruption matter, the report said. According to the article, Ms. Camberos was first convicted in 2017 for a scheme to sell counterfeit 5-Hour Energy, had her sentence commuted in 2021, and was convicted again in 2024 in an unrelated fraud.

She and her brother were later convicted in a scheme prosecutors said involved reselling goods in the United States and committing bank and mail fraud; she was ordered to pay millions in restitution and had begun serving a sentence before the new pardon. Mr. Trump also pardoned Julio Herrera Velutini, former Gov.

Wanda Vázquez of Puerto Rico and Mark Rossini, who had pleaded guilty in August to misdemeanor campaign finance charges in a case alleging Mr. Herrera tried to bribe Ms. Vázquez in 2020. The article notes that while Mr. Herrera faced charges, his daughter, Isabela Herrera, donated $2.5 million to MAGA Inc.

in late 2024 and gave another $1 million in July; a White House official denied those donations played a role in the pardons and said the decisions were made on the merits. The report said the clemency grants were supported by people with close ties to Mr. Trump’s orbit and that the moves continue a pattern the outlet described of using clemency to reward allies and donors.

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Politics, Donald Trump, Adriana Camberos, Julio Herrera Velutini, Wanda Vázquez, Isabela Herrera