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teleSUR English
April 20, 2018
About 500 migrants – mainly from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador – boarded La Bestia, as the freight train is known to those who ride its rooftop in order to ease the torturous journey to the U.S. border. They hopped the train early Thursday and are riding atop the freight cars hoping to reach theÃÂ ...
Press Herald
April 19, 2018
Four days later, immigration authorities returned him to Honduras. Garcia-Zavala did not apply for permission to reenter the United States. He was arrested in Portland on Sept. 9, 2017 after a Maine State Trooper stopped the van on I-295 in which he was a passenger for traffic violations. His lawyer arguedÃÂ ...
Latin American Herald Tribune
April 18, 2018
After pursuing an intense agenda of activities in La Esperanza and Comayagua, Garcia Casas on Tuesday visited the Parque Herrera and the Paseo Liquidambar, in the capital's historic downtown, accompanied by Spain's envoy to Honduras, Guillermo Kirkpatrick, and officials with the Spanish Agency for InternationalÃÂ ...
Durham Herald Sun
April 18, 2018
A Honduran immigrant afraid for her life sought sanctuary this past weekend in a local church and helped launch a movement Tuesday aimed at ... Immigration courts have recognized Ortez-Cruz fled Honduras to save her life, officials said, but they denied her case and ordered her to leave the country.
ABC News
April 11, 2018
After repairs, the ship was cleared by Honduran Port State Control authorities and left port approximately 2 a.m. today to continue onto Belize, its next scheduled port of call. As for the port, it was evaluated for damage by authorities from the Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Environment and Merchant MarineÃÂ ...
Three fold Online
March 9, 2018
The nation of Honduras cancelled schools and work, in light of the most recent Presidential Election. The 2017 ... Katerina Parsons, Director of Communication at the Association for a More Just Society, works closely with Honduran officials to prevent the spread of corruption in the government. “The way IÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
March 8, 2018
Honduran anti-corruption commission is "concerned" about proposed legislative they say would protect state official detained on charges of corruption ... by the right-wing Honduran Patriotic Alliance (APH) party - would give "privilege to public officials who are being charged with embezzling state funds.".
Hurriyet Daily News
March 4, 2018
Honduran authorities said they have arrested an energy company executive allegedly behind the high-profile 2016 murder of prominent ... Officials said Castillo had served as CEO of the company Desarrollos Energeticos (DESA) - which Caceres actively campaigned against over plans to build aÃÂ ...
The News International (blog)
March 3, 2018
TEGUCIGALPA: Police arrested the wife of former Honduran President Porfirio Lobo on corruption charges including siphoning funds from social works programs for the poor, officials said. Rosa Elena Bonilla was detained at her residence on the outskirts of the capital Tegucigalpa, officials said. Police alsoÃÂ ...
Insightcrime.org
March 3, 2018
Authorities in Honduras arrested former first lady Rosa Elena Bonilla de Lobo, the wife of former President Porfirio Lobo, on February 28 at her home in ... “An indictment was filed against Rosa Elena Bonilla de Lobo, who, along with other former public officials, committed the crimes of misappropriation ofÃÂ ...
Olean Times Herald
March 3, 2018
Family, friends and activists gather outside the Prosecutor's Office to demand justice for the murder of environmental activist and Goldman Environmental Prize winner Berta Caceres, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Friday, March 2, 2018. The authorities' failure to identify those who ordered the brutal murder ofÃÂ ...
Beckley Register-Herald
March 3, 2018
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A former dam development company executive has been arrested in the 2016 killing of renowned indigenous and environmental activist Berta Caceres, Honduran authorities announced Friday. Two years after gunmen barged into her home in the city of La Esperanza,ÃÂ ...
Aljazeera.com
March 3, 2018
In 2013, Caceres told Al Jazeera that she believed the army had a hit list of activists with her name on the top but that Honduran officials were reluctant to take action. Several of those convicted or arrested in connection with her death are former military or police officials. Caceres was one of Latin America'sÃÂ ...
Voice of America
March 1, 2018
Police arrested the wife of former Honduran President Porfirio Lobo on Wednesday on corruption charges including siphoning funds from social ... Earlier this month, the head of an anti-corruption commission backed by the Organization of American States resigned, citing a lack of support from authorities.
CPJ Press Freedom Online
February 16, 2018
New York, February 16, 2018--Honduran authorities should take swift action to identify and bring to justice the man who attempted to stab television ... "This brazen attack against a journalist on live television is a frightening example of the dangers journalists in Honduras face simply for doing their job," saidÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
February 6, 2018
The MACCIH lawyer said the commission “is going to continue in Honduras and we're going to present our next cases.” Mayor adds the committee has information that current National Party congress members were involved in a money laundering scandal covered by the construction of a hydroelectric damÃÂ ...
Equal Times
December 31, 1999
“On the night of the election, the public was given no official information by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal regarding the count until 1.30am in the .... it emphasised the efforts to ensure the “transparency” of the electoral process and expressed satisfaction with the Honduran authorities' management of it.
Deutsche Welle
January 21, 2018
One protester has been shot dead and several people arrested during the latest confrontation with authorities. ... Security forces in Honduras used tear gas against rock-throwing protesters on Saturday as anger over the country's disputed presidential election continued to spill onto the streets, officials said.
teleSUR English
January 20, 2018
22. Throsell confirmed "we have verified information that 13 of these deaths were at the hands of security forces," and reiterated a call on the Honduran authorities to "avoid using the military police and the armed forces to police demonstrations." A member of the Liberal Party has questioned the HonduranÃÂ ...
Insightcrime.org
January 20, 2018
Authorities in the United States have charged a Honduran congressman with drug trafficking and gun crimes, making him the highest-ranking Honduran politician targeted by US law enforcement in ... However, like many elected officials in Honduras, congressmen are immune to regular court proceedings.
teleSUR English
January 18, 2018
A man shouts while taking part in a protest over Honduran presidential elections in Tegucigalpa, Honduras December 5, 2017. .... According to an unnamed diplomat close to the OAS meetings, the “the official excuse among the missions is that there aren't enough topics to discuss to call for a regularÃÂ ...
NBC New York
January 9, 2018
Officials in Honduras said shaking was registered across much of the Central American nation and there were some reports of cracks in homes in Colon ... Cayman Islands Police told The Associated Press that hazard management officials had not issued a tsunami alert but authorities were monitoring theÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
December 31, 1999
Honduran TSE official says former Bolivian president and lead OAS electoral observer named Nasralla the presidential winner days after polls closed. ... team “asked the TSE to immediately announce the results to the people of Honduras,” but that TSE leaders wanted to wait till all votes were counted.
Council On Hemispheric Affairs
November 1, 2017
Two Honduran police and a DEA agent seized control of the canoe, which was ... withheld or misrepresented information to U.S. officials. ... The Ahuas community, and other innocent victims of police violence across Honduras, have ... fight against narcotics trafficking has enabled Honduran authorities to ...
Voice of America
November 1, 2017
Immigrants from Honduras and Nicaragua who have Temporary ... be easy for immigration officials to track down, simply because of all the ...
NL Times
November 1, 2017
Dutch bank accused of complicity in Honduran activist's murder ... hydroelectric power plant in Honduras, protests around which ultimately resulted in ... Caceres' family had little faith in the authorities' investigation, and asked ...
ABC News
November 1, 2017
"There is evidence to link high-level state and non-state officials to the murder," ... of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras, who feared authorities ... The report alleged that in November 2015, a top DESA official ...
New York Times
October 29, 2017
Students at the National Autonomous University of Honduras carried ... have been working with Honduran authorities since the first days of the ...
Miami Herald
October 25, 2017
Honduras is not prepared to take people back, both officials and citizens say ... Honduras' economy is dominated by agriculture, and Honduran ...
ESPN FC
October 16, 2017
Australia chooses Honduras over United States as base for qualifier ... It's not lost on Australian officials that the first-leg result in 2005, a 1-0 defeat, ... FFA is still awaiting advice from its Honduran counterparts, FENAFUTH, as ...
teleSUR English
October 15, 2017
Juan Ramon Matta Waldurraga, a high-profile Honduran drug ... In addition to drug smuggling charges by U.S. authorities, Matta has also been ...
teleSUR English
October 14, 2017
Ecuador and Honduras Strengthen Bilateral Relations ... The Ecuadorian President, Lenin Moreno, received his Honduran counterpart ... Hernandez, who is the first head of state received during an official visit to Ecuador after ...
New York Times
October 14, 2017
Maria Elena Yanes and her son Ezequiel fled the MS-13 gang in Honduras. But when they arrived on Long Island, they found it was flourishing ...
Insightcrime.org
September 28, 2017
Authorities in Honduras have reportedly seized millions of dollars ... the Honduran Attorney General's Office announced in a September 25Â ...
International Monetary Fund
December 31, 1999
The Honduran authorities have expressed their intention to continue to ... fifth and sixth reviews of Honduras' performance under an economic ...
Insightcrime.org
December 31, 1999
... accusations that he took bribes from a drug trafficker, weeks before Honduras is due to ... On October 7, the Honduran presidency released a statement ... Among the information that the Honduran capo shared with US authorities was a ... The official statement underlined the successes against organized ...
The Independent Weekly
October 4, 2017
Acosta came to the United States from Olancho, Honduras, in June 2014 ... community members and elected officials advocated on his behalf.
The Keene Sentinel
October 4, 2017
It's unclear what prompted the investigation or how school officials came to suspect that ... Authorities have not named the subject of the investigation. ... It led "Music Missions" in Haiti, the Philippines, Honduras and on NativeÃÂ ...
Manila Bulletin
October 4, 2017
The performer-turned-government-official faced the grilling of ... last May a photo of kneeling Honduras police while asking prayers for soldiers in Marawi City. ... Officials of the PCOO again denied control over the blogs ofÃÂ ...
WDEL 1150AM
October 4, 2017
A 44-year-old Honduran man was identified as the person who jumped into I-95 ... According to authorities, German Izagurirre Bonilla was theÃÂ ...
San Francisco Chronicle
October 3, 2017
Authorities say the impact threw 68-year-old Szewczykowski into a drainage ditch. Contreras, a native Honduran, wasn't injured and told police he'd never had a license in the U.S. or Honduras. ... Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have lodged a detainer on Contreras, coupled with a warrant.
Times of India
October 3, 2017
Honduran 2016-17 coffee exports jump, Costa Rica shipments fall ... shipments from Costa Rica fell about 10 percent, officials in both countries said on Monday. Honduras, Central America's top coffee producer, shipped 7.06ÃÂ ...
Durham Herald Sun
October 3, 2017
Acosta told immigration authorities he was fleeing gang violence in his native Honduras when he was stopped at the Texas border in 2014.
The Ledger
September 29, 2017
Contreras, a native Honduran who came to the United States 12 years ago, wasn't hurt in the crash. He told authorities at the scene that he didn't have a driver license, nor had he ever had one in the United States or Honduras. ... officials at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement stated this weekÃÂ ...
Enterprise News
September 29, 2017
A Brockton resident from Honduras with a criminal conviction was ... Mayor Bill Carpenter said ICE officials did not notify the city or police of theÃÂ ...
New Jersey Herald
September 29, 2017
Authorities are touting the arrests of thousands of gang members in the ... will gather with attorneys general from Honduras, Guatemala and ElÃÂ ...
UNHCR
September 29, 2017
Thousands of people displaced by gang violence in Honduras are being ... According to official figures from 2015, at least 174,000 people were ... and Afro-Honduran communities -, national and local authorities, experts andÃÂ ...
NPR
September 28, 2017
In a small Honduran farming town, residents told The New York Times that powerful rainstorms bring fish with such regularity, they've markedÃÂ ...
Dialogo Americas (blog)
September 28, 2017
Honduras Aids Their Mexican Brothers and Sisters ... The Honduran contingent, made up of urban search and rescue experts, took off from ... stay in Mexico, but ready to stay longer if the Mexican authorities needed them to.
Insightcrime.org
September 28, 2017
Authorities in Honduras have reportedly seized millions of dollars ... the Honduran Attorney General's Office announced in a September 25ÃÂ ...
