The full Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) unanimously nominated its president, Jorge Rivera Aviles, to hear the alleged corruption case against the former board of the National Institute for Teachers (INPREMA). Rivera Aviles will evaluate the indictment filed by the prosecution against former Education Minister, Alejandro Ventura, and former director of INPREMA, Arnaldo Pedro Pinto. […]
The sampedrano Mayor, Dr. Juan Carlos Zúniga, through his legal representative, lawyer Rubén Mendoza Díaz, filed a complaint with the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras. The complaint was lodged indicating that the Mayor, Juan Carlos Zúniga Monge, and his family have suffered defamation of character; a violation of their honor and […]
All members of the La Ceiba police force are going to be investigated to determine if they are linked to gangs operating in the city, according to the Director-General of the Preventive Police, José Ricardo Ramírez. National Police spokesperson, Sub-commissioner Héctor Iván Mejía, confirmed that the La Ceiba police force would have 100 additional officers […]
Monday morning the Honduran Minister of Natural Resources (Serna), Rigoberto Cuellar, alerted the media that his safety, and that of his family, is at risk due to the charges involving the Office of the Prosecutor to Combat Corruption, Henry Salgado and the Director of Prosecutors for the Public Ministry, Danelia Ferrera. “If they think that […]
The Electoral Supreme Court (TSE) and members of the National Council for the Fight Against Narcotics Trafficking (CNLCN) have met to discuss Honduras’s image in relation to drug trafficking and politicians. The President of the TSE, Enrique Ortez, expressed his concern that drug trafficking and organized crime, if not suppressed, could interfere in Honduran politics. […]