A Honduran man who prosecutors hoped would be a star witness in an MS-13 gang trial has been convicted in federal court in San Francisco of lying about having taken part in eight murders in his native country. Former MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, gang member Roberto Acosta was convicted by a jury in the court […]
A troubled government informant is on trial in San Francisco federal court this week, raising new questions — and confusion — about a sticky gang prosecution. The informant, Roberto Acosta, is a Honduran immigrant who was arrested in San Francisco for jaywalking in 2005. He became a government informant and helped the feds infiltrate the […]
Editor’s Note: This snippet of Civil War news from the Press-Register of 1861 was published in the 1911 newspapers to mark the 50th anniversary of the conflict. The 1861 newspapers no longer exist in local library archives. The remaining excerpts are from the original edition of the Press-Register Wednesday, June 14, 1911 “It was given […]
When gang violence started disrupting the lives of law-abiding citizens in his community in the city of San Pedro Sula, Miguel* decided to make a stand. He joined like-minded Honduran civilians in one of the many surveillance committees that started springing up in urban areas of the country from 1996. These citizens’ groups hoped to […]
A 67-year-old man is facing jail after he admitted faking his own death in a bid to claim more than half a million pounds in life insurance. Anthony McErlean submitted the fraudulent claim in his wife’s name, telling insurers he had been killed in a road accident in Honduras in December 2009. The former insurance […]