Radio journalist Luz Marina Paz Villalobos, and her companion (and possible mechanic), Delmer Canales, were gunned down by two men on a motorcycle yesterday in Tegucigalpa. The police reported 47 bullet holes in the vehicle. She and her companion were traveling in a pickup truck belonging to military officer Marco Tulio Leiva, who told reporters […]
Armed men opened fire on La Tribuna newspaper’s building, breaking a glass window in the front, and wounding a security guard. Newspaper editor Martin Ramirez says the assailants fired at least 10 times. Police did not arrive at the scene until five hours later; however, members of the national police condemned the criminal act, and […]
The former director of the National Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DNIC), Marco Tulio Palma, presented his statement today before the Human Rights Prosecutor’s Office, in relation to the deaths of the two young university students murdered on October 22nd. When questioned about his remarks, Marco Tulio Palma indicated that, “I am not in the condition […]
A dreaded fugitive from justice, and member of the &lquote;Mara 18&rquote; gang, Longin Eduardo Baca, alias “The Crime”, was captured yesterday by the National Police in a blitz operation taking place in the area of Comayagüela. Police also arrested eleven members of the “Maras”, including six children, for the crime of conspiracy. The detainees are […]
The Minister of Security, Pompeo Bonilla, the top ranking official of the Security Forces of Honduras, announced from the presidential house, changes to the police hierarchy. Officials, including the National Director of the Police, and the Chief of the Investigative Police, were removed from office. The changes are effective immediately. These changes were made after […]