Honduras News – Daily News about Honduras

Honduran naval forces joined forces from Colombia and the U.S. to begin joint anti-drug trafficking military exercises this week.

The three-day drills are being carried out by the Honduran patrol ship “Tegucigalpa”, the Colombian National Army, and the U.S. Coast Guard vessel “Escanaba” on the Colombian island of San Andres.

The exercises include training Colombian navy coastguards and comparing notes on the fight against drug trafficking.

Twenty-six Honduran navy members and a vessel with radars, GPS and echo-sound devices are participating in the drills.

The U.S. vessel is equipped with a helicopter and high-technology tools, with 100 crew members aboard.

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Public school children and young adults returned to classes today throughout the country. Last night, the government and teachers union leaders put an end to the conflict in the education system by signing a definitive agreement at the Casa Presidencial (Presidential House).

President Porfirio Lobo Sosa, last night announced on national radio and television, that all teachers and students nationwide were to return to school.

The President said, “Can you imagine what it means for a child to miss every day of school, and not receive school lunches? The damage is educational, nutritional and emotional; and I say today, no more.”

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Early yesterday morning, five members of a family were killed when an avalanche of mud and rocks fell on houses in the neighborhood of “14 de Enero” (January 14th) in the capital of Tegucigalpa.

An explosion interrupted the sleep of people living in the neighborhood, and in seconds, two huge rocks weighing approximately three tons each, fell off the hill and onto a house where eight family members were sleeping. Five of the eight died, but three family members survived and were rescued by neighbors.

The huge stones also damaged the home of another family in which four people were injured, including a baby of 7 months.

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