By Jessica Gomez on December 27, 2011
christmas, crime, holiday
General Honduras News
The spokesman for the Ministry of Security of Honduras, Héctor Iván Mejía, reported that Christmas celebrations left 99 people dead. According to figures supplied by the authorities, there were 82 people killed and 17 deaths by traffic accidents. According to Mejía, the number of murders fell by 30 with respect to those recorded for the […]
By gringa on December 22, 2011
beggars, christmas, gangs, holiday, homeless
Human Interest
In Honduras, public compassion can translate in to big money. At least that is what thugs in Tegucigalpa are betting on. Gangs are renting children from their parents, in the hopes that the mentally or physically challenged innocents will net a large profit over the holidays. In the past, children that beg on the streets […]