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Mayor Francisco Martinez was arrested in 2015 for allegedly trying to kill a daughter's boyfriend with a machete, police said ...
TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS — As I approached a youth outreach center on the outskirts of this capital city, I didn’t notice the man behind us. Officials from the U.S. Agency for International ...
In Honduras, violence drives an exodus By Aaron Nelsen , Rio Grande Valley Bureau Updated July 6, 2014 4:11 p.m. An imprisoned former gang member displays the marks of his former life.
The largest share has gone to crime fighting. In 2016 and 2017, Honduras received nearly $204 million for violence prevention, anti-drug efforts, improvements to the justice sector and other ...
In Honduras, femicide, political violence and military brutality are commonplace. Donald Trump's deal would trap people desperately seeking safety.
In Honduras, violence can strike at any time. Blood is seen on a wall next to Barrio-18 graffiti in a so-called Crazy House in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Sept. 27, 2018. Goran Tomasevic/Reuters.
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) – Edwin Mejia didn't want to go out and steal that morning. The $75 he and his buddy had made the day before from the stolen motorcycle felt like a fortune compared to ...
Political Violence in Honduras Vijay Prashad On March 3, assassins entered the home of Berta Caceres, leader of Honduras’ environmental and indigenous movement.
JOHN CARLOS FREY: In 2009, a coup brought down the elected president of Honduras. For the past six years, instability, poverty, and gang-and drug-related crime have plagued this Central American ...
Democracy 'lost': Rights groups warn of more violence in Honduras as US recognizes president. The OAS and 20 members of Congress have backed calls for a new election.
About 68,000 unaccompanied minors — mostly from Honduras and El Salvador — crossed illegally into the U.S. last year, bringing horrific tales of fear, violence and threats from back home.
World Bank reports that crime and violence has cost Honduras, which had the highest homicide rate in the world in 2010, the equivalent of 10 percent of the country's annual GDP.