Late on a moonless night last March, a plane smuggling nearly half a ton of cocaine touched down at a remote airstrip in Honduras. A heavily armed ground crew was waiting for it — as were Honduran security forces. After a 20-minute firefight, a Honduran officer was wounded and two drug traffickers lay dead. Several […]
Three members of the same family were gunned down early this morning, by individuals wearing police uniforms, who forcibly entered a home in the city of La Ceiba. According to witnesses, at approximately 2:30 a.m., several individuals dressed in police uniforms, broke down the doors of the house Mr. Emilio Oswaldo Munguia was in, and […]
The Bay Islands of Honduras are feeling the effects of Hurricane Rina; there is no damage to report. NHC’s latest advisory indicates they expect the Hurricane to weaken. The Mayor of Guanaja stated that, “There have been no reports of damages, but it is raining, and the winds are very strong; so, we have determined […]
A congested time of day at the Ramon Villeda Morales International Airport became even more chaotic yesterday evening when stray bullets from a nearby execution entered the passenger terminal. The airport was full of passengers and relatives there to receive or to leave their loved ones. According to witness accounts, people ducked down and attempted […]
More than 20 homes were significantly damaged in the village of La Huerta (located in the Municipality of Tutule) after a violent tornado touched down at four o’clock in the afternoon today. According to locals, the storm caught them by surprise. During the day they experienced intense heat, only to later find swirling air sweeping […]