News of crime fighting in Honduras. Highlights of work being performed by security officials and efforts made toward fighting crime nation-wide.
The gunmen who murdered Honduras-born international football star Arnold Peralta in his hometown last week have been identified and are being sought, officials said on Wednesday. “We have identified the persons believed to have participated” in the December 10 slaying, Honduran Security Minister Julian Pacheco told a news conference. “In the coming hours we will […]
The recent arrest of six current and former soccer bosses in Honduras reveals how deeply crime and sports intersect in the country, at a time when corruption crackdowns are taking a heavy toll on the sport’s leading figures. The soccer world has recently been shaken by corruption investigations that have led to the indictment of […]
In just three months, three former presidents of Central American countries have been charged with corruption, two of them in the past week as ex-leaders of both Honduras and El Salvador were ordered to stand trial. The region has always been fraught with scandals involving crooked politicians, but never have investigations hit so high. It’s […]
Various media outlets have reported that Santiago Mejia, a Nationalist mayor whose municipality was Dolores (in the department of Copan) has been assassinated. He was with his wife when he was shot while driving. Mejia was a regional leader, whose duties including hosting at least one meeting of mayors throughout Copan. At this point in […]
In Honduras there exists a problem of internal and external displacement through threats, intimidation, extortion, rape (of women and children) and an atmosphere of fear and insecurity due to gang activity alerts the Special Rapporteur of the U.N.’s commission of human rights. “Although the causes can be very different from those that occur because of […]