In another WikiLeaks Cable RE: Honduras 2/16/2010 [Rel. 01/29/11] US Ambassador, Hugo Llorens expressed the desire for Honduras’s then Chief of Defense, Romeo Vasquez Velasquez to “step down”. “The Ambassador discouraged Lobo from appointing Garcia Padgett. He suggested that Lobo consider appointing General Doblado…”
As the summer season approaches, the Armed Forces of Honduras, with the support of other institutions, has officially launched a campaign to prevent and combat forest fires. Nineteen forest fires have already occurred nationwide this year. Climatic changes have caused the presence of high temperatures that create ideal conditions for fires. It is essential the […]
The Armed Forces of Honduras yesterday graduated 89 new officers specialized in naval and aviation operations. In the ceremony led by Defense Minister Marlon Pascua and President Porfirio Lobo Sosa, the new second lieutenants were called upon to defend the sovereignty and democracy of Honduras. The event was held at General Francisco Morazán Military Academy, […]
Allegedly 19 or more military soldiers were involved in the theft of the plane from the San Pedro Sula military base in the Ramon Villeda Morales International Airport on October 31st, according to the Honduran Defense Minister, Marlon Pascua. Armed men had entered through the back entrance of the military base, overpowered the guards, boarded […]
1,500 children of police, firefighters and street cleaners were watching a Honduras military exhibition when one of its helicopters crashed. The 38 year-old pilot, Rommel Ortega, has died. The Honduran military indicated that today’s (Saturday) accident occurred when the Bell 206 helicopter descended suddenly, and hit a tree bordering the La Mesa Airport in San […]