Survivors of mass kidnapping in Mexico recount ‘terrifying’ experience
Monterrey, Mexico Reuters Honduran migrant Noel Castillo heard a volley of shots just after 7:30pm in late December as he and his family traveled on a highway in northern Mexico. Through the window, he saw trucks swarm around the bus, trapping them from all sides. “We couldn’t believe what was happening; there was so much […]
Thousands in Honduras march in anti-government protest
Tegucigalpa, HondurasReuters Thousands of people took to the streets of the Honduran capital on Saturday in anti-government protests against leftist President Xiomara Castro, angered by attempts to engineer what they say is an unconstitutional power grab. In a demonstration sponsored by opposition parties, protesters in the Central American country accused the Castro government of seeking […]
UN experts arrive in Honduras to explore anti-corruption mission installation
Tegucigalpa, HondurasReuters A UN mission of experts arrived in Honduras to examine the establishment of an international anti-corruption mission in the Central American nation, which is plagued by widespread corruption that exacerbates poverty and immigration, Honduran authorities announced Sunday. Leftist President Xiomara Castro pledged during her campaign to install an anti-corruption commission known as the […]
Honduras military takes over prisons after dozens die in riot
Tegucigalpa, Honduras Reuters Honduras’ military began taking control of the country’s violent prisons on Monday, following a gang dispute that left 46 inmates dead at a women’s detention centre last week, officials said. Leftist President Xiomara Castro announced last week she would hand the military police control of the prison system, a departure from a […]
Curfews imposed after more than 20 killed in north Honduras
Tegucigalpa, Honduras Reuters The Honduran Government announced curfews on Sunday in two northern cities after more than 20 people were killed overnight in separate attacks amid escalating violence in the country. Heavily armed men opened fire on Saturday night in a billiards hall in a neighborhood in the northern manufacturing city of Choloma, killing 13 […]
At least 41 dead following reported riot in women’s prison in Honduras
Tegucigalpa, HondurasReuters At least 41 people have died in a Honduran women’s prison, a spokesperson from the public prosecutors’ office said on Tuesday after an apparent prison riot. Authorities are working to identify the bodies at the Centro Femenino de Adaptacion Social, a 900-person women’s penitentiary around 20 kilometres from the capital city Tegucigalpa, spokesperson […]
Honduras anti-corruption activist says she left country after threats
Tegucigalpa, Honduras Reuters One of Honduras’ leading anti-corruption advocates on Monday said she had left the Central American nation because of threats, weeks after accusing President Xiomara Castro’s government of nepotism. Gabriela Castellanos, executive director of the National Anti-Corruption Council (CNA), which has investigated public corruption in Honduras for nearly a decade, left the country […]
Mexican officials find 175 migrants in truck near southern border
Mexico City, MexicoReuters Mexican authorities found 175 migrants, mostly from Guatemala, crowded into a truck trailer in the southern state of Chiapas, the National Migration Institute (INM) said on Friday, in the latest mass human smuggling incident to be detected in the country. Immigration agents heard yells and banging coming from inside the vehicle when […]
Violence against Honduran human rights defenders “alarming” – OAS group
Tegucigalpa, Honduras Reuters Honduras is one of the deadliest countries in the world for human rights defenders, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said on Friday after a visit to the Central American country. Eight human rights figures were killed in the year’s first four months, on pace to surpass the 17 killed in 2022, […]
Honduras deploys hundreds of military agents to fight crime
Tegucigalpa, HondurasReuters Honduras’ government deployed soldiers across the country as part of a plan to fight criminal groups, authorities said Monday, with official images showing hundreds of soldiers being commissioned for the project. The move comes after leftist President Xiomara Castro implemented a partial state of emergency last December in pockets of the country’s largest […]