News of crime fighting in Honduras. Highlights of work being performed by security officials and efforts made toward fighting crime nation-wide.
The Honduras’ Supreme Court has authorized the extradition of the brother-in-law of a cartel member to the US for trial on drug-trafficking charges, a spokesman for the tribunal said Thursday. The country now has two weeks to send Jose Raul Amaya, a 49-year-old Honduran, to the US state of Virginia for trial, the spokesman, Melvin […]
The Association for a More Just Society, part of Transparency International released a report which highlights weakness within Honduras’s agencies meant to ensure that society is safe. Some of the problems highlighted include purchasing of equipment, awarding of contracts, and management of human resources. Similar to other instances of corruption that have been reported, part […]
Over the weekend the first batch of Marines that came to Honduras temporarily to participate in military exercises and work on humanitarian aid left the country. Since this past June at least 180 Marines have been stationed at various locations around the country to do work on military activities, social projects, and to help provide […]
Would you like to gain a bit of a glimpse into what happened throughout the country, over the weekend? Well if so, you’re in luck! On Friday a medical brigade set up shop in San Pedro Sula’s central park. It worked for free and treated some 300 residents of the city, before leaving six […]
“The [Honduran] constitution doesn’t say anything about citizens having the right to bear arms,” this may account for the difference in gun culture between Honduras and the United States, where the right to gun ownership is guaranteed by the Second Amendment.