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 […]
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 […]
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 […]