Members of the National Congress approved unanimously last night at a private special session an emergency decree to accelerate the process of purging of the police. Congress authorizes the new National Police director, Juan Carlos Bonilla (El Tigre) “The Tiger”; for a period of six months special powers to make appointments and separation and removal […]
President Porfirio Lobo Sosa announced the creation of a new Intelligence and Investigative division reporting directly to the National Council for Defense and Security. The president said the National Security Council Affairs (CONASIN) will evaluate the candidates to lead this organization. Lobo made the announcement as part of the meeting of the Council of Ministers […]
As if it was destiny; Olympia defeated Marathon to claim the 2012 Honduras Soccer League Championship. Brazilian Caetano nursing an injury scored a potent goal at minute 46 to give Olimpia it’s 25th championship and a great 100 year birthday present. Congratulations Olimpia and Happy birthday!
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency confirmed Wednesday that some officers were traveling in a U.S. helicopter with Honduran police that fired on a boat in a small river in Honduras. Two men and two pregnant women died in the operation, said a local official. Furious inhabitants of the Mosquito Coast, inhabited mostly by Indigenous Indians, […]