Meeting with Honduran President Lobo Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC January 18, 2012 Senior U.S. government officials met with the President of Honduras, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, and the president of the Honduran Congress, Juan Orlando Hernandez, on January 18th to review security cooperation and acknowledge the leadership and efforts that President Lobo […]
According to a Honduran law introduced in July of 2010, and approved by Congress in November, three government ministries should each receive 26% of forfeited criminal assets: the State Security Ministry, the Defense Ministry, and the Public Ministry. Another ten percent is intended to be used as bonus salaries for police and firemen, and another […]
Today the government of Honduras officially introduced the Integrated Policy for Citizen Security for 2011-2022, which it believes will strengthen State security and justice in an effort to prevent, control, and punish offensive conduct in violation of the law. The Policy for 2011-2022 is the result of combined efforts by the Ministry of Security and […]
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today met with Honduran Secretary of Security Oscar Alvarez to discuss joint U.S.-Honduras security strategies and to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the bilateral use of traveler information to strengthen international air transportation security. “The United States and Honduras have a shared interest in protecting the security […]
Members of the National Police and Armed Forces last week began arresting people in the Lower Aguán region of the Department of Colón for carrying illegal weapons. President Porfirio Lobo Sosa reported yesterday, that they have found groups being trained in the use of arms there, and caches of weapons which could be responsible for […]