BBC- Honduran journalist Alfredo Villatoro has been found dead on the outskirts of the capital, Tegucigalpa, a week after he was abducted. Mr Villatoro, a radio reporter, was dressed in a police uniform, Security Minister Pompeyo Bonilla said. He had been kidnapped by a gang of young men on his… read more »
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Archive for the ‘Honduras News’ Category
May 7, 2012
US carries lessons of Iraq into Honduras drug war
Thom Shanker, The New York Times - The United States military has brought lessons from the past decade of conflict to the drug war being fought in the wilderness of Miskito Indian country, constructing this remote base camp with little public notice but with the support of the Honduran government. It… read more »
February 29, 2012
An Academic Turns Grief Into a Crime-Fighting Tool
Javier C. Hernández, The New York Times- Not so long ago, Julieta Castellanos could walk to the corner market, order a stack of corn tortillas and two liters of Coca-Cola, then make her way home without a stray glance or an impromptu comment from anyone. But getting around, she has… read more »
February 21, 2012
Honduras prison fire relatives storm morgue for bodies
BBC- Relatives of the hundreds of inmates who died in a prison fire in Honduras last week have forced their way into a morgue to demand the remains of their loved ones. A large group – most of them women – broke into a refrigerated container and opened several body… read more »
February 15, 2012
Prison Fire in Honduras Leaves at Least 300 Dead, Official Says
AP – Trapped inmates screamed from their cells as a fire swept through a Honduran prison, killing at least 300 inmates, authorities said Wednesday. Lucy Marder, chief of forensic medicine for the prosecutor’s office, said early Wednesday some 356 people on the prison roster are unaccounted for among 852 prisoners…. read more »
February 14, 2012
Honduras Finance Minister resigns after IMF mission
Reuters- Honduras’ finance minister resigned on Monday after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the country did not reach its deficit and monetary targets for 2011, as the country negotiates a new agreement with the fund. President Porfirio Lobo accepted the resignation of William Chong Wong who had served as… read more »
February 7, 2012
UN Expert On Human Rights Defenders Visits Honduras
Press Release, OHCHR – The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Ms. Margaret Sekaggya, will visit Honduras from 7 to 14 February 2012. “The purpose of the mission is to evaluate, in an objective and impartial manner, the situation of human rights defenders in Honduras,” Mrs. Sekaggya… read more »
January 20, 2012
Pressed by the U.S., Lobo Amends Extradition Laws
Thelma Mejía, IPS – With no prior announcement, on Wednesday Lobo met with White House representatives in Miami, and only 24 hours later the Honduran national congress had passed an amendment that authorises the signing of treaties with foreign governments to extradite Honduran citizens charged with drug trafficking, terrorism and… read more »
August 21, 2011
Honduran farm workers’ leader killed amid land tensions
BBC - Gunmen have shot dead farm workers’ leader Secundino Ruiz in Honduras. The murder happened in a region with heightened tension over land ownership. Police said Mr Ruiz was killed as he was leaving a bank in the Bajo Aguan valley carrying the equivalent of more than $10,000 (£6,000) in… read more »
July 8, 2011
Hallazgos y recomendaciones: Para que los hechos no se repitan
El Heraldo – Informe de La Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación Hallazgos y recomendaciones: Para que los hechos no se repitan Leer: http://www.elheraldo.hn/var/elheraldo_site/storage/original/application/40ceeb5dcaa24f06c2e71194c374d227.pdf
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