By Alma Castro Hernández on May 15, 2012
abduction, crime, HRN Radio, journalist, journalists, kidnapping, murder
Human Interest

The Minister of Security, Pompeyo Bonilla, has confirmed this evening, that the lifeless body of Radio HRN journalist Ángel Alfredo Villatoro Rivera was found abandoned along the side of the road in an isolated and dimly lit region of Las Uvas, in the southern region of Tegucigalpa. Mr. Villatoro Rivera was abducted on the morning […]
By Alma Castro Hernández on May 14, 2012
crime, honduras, HRN, journalist, journalists, kidnapping, newscaster, radio, Radio HRN
Human Interest

It has been five days since news radio station HRN journalist Ángel Alfredo Villatoro Rivera was abducted, and yet there is still no indication of his whereabouts. Despite calls from the family and public to show mercy and release Mr. Villatoro, there is no indication that this may take place. Family members are beginning to […]
By Catracha Hondurena on February 17, 2012
abduction, crime, D'Antoni, kidnapped, kidnapping, la ceiba, sabillon
Human Interest

Dr. Óscar Ramón Sabillón García, (41) a pulmonologist who worked at the D’Antoni hospital in La Ceiba, was abducted while driving in the Solares Nuevos neighborhood Monday afternoon; his car was left abandoned three blocks down 14 de Julio Avenue. Hours later, captors called his family to demand a large sum of money for his […]
By Catracha Hondurena on March 17, 2011
honduras, kidnapping, mexico, migrants
Human Interest
A total of 89 Central American migrants – four children, five women and 80 men – were detained by immigration agents in the past few days in central Mexico, the National Migration Institute, or INM, said. The migrants were found around the railroad tracks in Irolo, a community in Hidalgo state, the INM said in […]
By Catracha Hondurena on December 31, 2010
crime, kidnapping
General Honduras News
The Deputy Minister of Security announced that kidnappings in Honduras have dropped by more than 40% this past year. “Everything indicates that over 40% of the number of abductions have decreased in 2010 compared to 2009,” said Vice Minister of Security, Armando Calidonio. The Secretary of Security stated that in total, 117 kidnappings were recorded […]