By Hector Martinez on February 22, 2016
crime, Extradition, gangs, MurderRate, NarcoTrafficking, violence
Crime Fighting, General Honduras News, Headline News, Human Interest
Homicides in Honduras fell 12 percent in 2015 thanks in part to the capture and extradition to the United States of drug cartel bosses, a United Nations-backed organization said on Wednesday. The murder rate in Honduras dropped to 60 per 100,000 people from the 2014 rate of 68 per 100,000 people, according to the respected […]
By Hector Martinez on February 22, 2016
CrimeFighting, gangs, GreenBerets, MurderRates, SpecialForces, StreetGangs
Crime Fighting, Headline News, Human Interest
U.S. Special Forces are engaged in the fight against Honduras street gangs in an effort to prevent the violence that causes illegal immigration into the United States, The Wall Street Journal reports. In Honduras, U.S. forces aid a local SWAT team called the Tigres, who target violent street gang members, but Americans stay in the […]
By Hector Martinez on February 22, 2016
gangs, JuvenileDetention, prison, Unrest
Headline News, Human Interest, News from Honduras
At least two teens were killed and 15 other people were wounded in a clash between stick-wielding gangs in a juvenile detention center near Honduras’ capital city of Tegucigalpa this past Thursday. Both of the dead were 17-year-old inmates, according to the authorities in charge of the Renaciendo facility 25 km north of Tegucigalpa. Police […]
By Hector Martinez on February 22, 2016
agriculture, Banana, bananas
General Honduras News, Headline News, News from Honduras
Ramón Duarte, the general secretary of the union of the Standard Fruit SUTRASFCO Company, stated that their goal for this year was to expand banana production by 1,200 hectares (2,965 Acres). According to Duarte the expansion plan has 2 goals: increasing banana production improving their quality so as to be more competitive and become the […]
By Hector Martinez on February 22, 2016
3G, 4G, CellPhone, cellular, FinancialNews, HondurasNews, investment, LTE Communications, Millicom, Phones, tigo
Business - Economics
Millicom CEO Mauricio Ramos confirmed a $100 million dollar investment in Honduras, mainly to improve infrastructure. According to my friend, who knows how to invest $1000 and turn it into $2000, Tigo’s network covers between 85 and 90 percent of the population with voice, data and 3G, while the 4G network should reach approximately one […]