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Brief Outline of Police Involvement in Double Murder

The spokesman of the Minister of Security, Silvio Inestroza, outlined yesterday what is believed to have happened during the almost inconceviable events surrounding the double murder of Rafael Castellanos and Carlos Pineda, two university students. The young men were on their way home from a party on Friday evening, when they did not stop at […]

Arrests Made in University Director’s Son’s Murder

This morning, the national police arrested four national police officers assigned to Metropolitan Police Station No. 1 in Tegucigalpa for the murders of Rafael Castellanos (son of the Director of the Autonomous National University of Honduras – UNAH) and his friend, Carlos Pineda, who were both students at the UNAH. Three of the arrested officers […]

Police May Have Murdered University President’s Son

Julieta Castellanos, President of the Autonomous National University of Honduras (UNAH) has been a controversial figure over the past several years. From allowing the militarization of the university, to her role in the official truth commission, to the complicated union struggles within UNAH (among other things), the UNAH President has let her opinions be known. […]