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Honduran President Addresses Prison Tragedy

Honduran President Addresses Prison Tragedy

President Lobo gave his condolences to the families of the victims of the Honduras prison fire in Comayagua, saying, “…my profound sentiments to the families who cry today. My spiritual faith I freely invoke, my heart is with you.” President Porfirio Lobo Sosa confirmed the suspension of the administration of the National Prisons, after the […]

Honduras Prison Fire in Comayagua Takes Lives

Honduras Prison Fire in Comayagua Takes Lives

Current death toll count: 350 A fire has swept through the Comayagua prison, killing those inside, many burned to death in their cells. The prosecutors’ office announced the death count at a radio news conference. The head of the national prison system, Danilo Orellana, said the fire broke out Tuesday night at the prison in […]

Costa Concordia Honduran Employees Returning Soon

The first of seventeen Hondurans shipwrecked almost one week ago off the coast of Giglio, Italy, has returned to Honduras. Rolando Argueta had been working aboard the cruise ship Costa Concordia, and was greeted last night with hugs and tears by his mother, Delia Melgar. Argueta expressed that the tragedy was, “like the film the […]

Families of Musicians Lament Over Losses

Tears and pain invaded the homes of family members of the young artists that perished in the fatal accident that occurred yesterday in El Progreso. In La Ceiba, in the Barrio La Isla neighborhood, family members of Cristy Yahaira López Arzú lamented over the loss of the young dancer with talent who lost her life […]