Two retired Honduran generals, Venancio Cervantes, 69, and Carlos Puerto, 63, were sent back to prison on Tuesday, March 18, following a judicial ruling...

Honduras Plane Crash Death Toll Rises to 13 as Final Body Recovered

Tico Times - March 19, 2025

The death toll from Monday’s crash of a Lanhsa Airlines Jetstream 32 turboprop off Roatán Island has risen to 13, with Honduran rescue teams...

Honduran mayor accused of drug trafficking arrested

AFP - August 28, 2023

Authorities in Honduras have arrested the mayor of an indigenous Miskito community this week on charges of aggravated drug trafficking. The mayor of Brus Laguna,...

Hondurans March Against Sex Education Law

Tico Times - July 23, 2023

Thousands of Hondurans marched in the capital and other cities of the country on Saturday to demand that the government veto a sex education...

Honduras Launches Offensive to Regain Control of Prisons

Tico Times - June 29, 2023

Hundreds of military police officers entered two maximum-security prisons in Honduras on Thursday as part of an offensive against gang members launched on Monday...

Honduras declares sanitary emergency due to avian influenza

AFP - January 15, 2023

The government of Honduras decreed this Saturday a "sanitary emergency" for 90 days, after detecting avian influenza in pelicans located on the Caribbean coast,...

Honduras approves extradition of ex-police chief to US on drug charges

AFP - April 9, 2022

A Honduran judge on Friday authorized the extradition to the United States of former national police chief Juan Carlos Bonilla who is accused of...

Once a US ally, Honduras ex-president to face justice over drugs

AFP - March 28, 2022

Former Honduras president Juan Orlando Hernandez tried to style himself as a champion of the fight against drug-trafficking, but now he is one of...

Honduran judge grants extradition of ex-president Hernandez to US

AFP - March 17, 2022

A judge in Honduras on Wednesday granted the extradition of former president Juan Orlando Hernandez to the United States where he is wanted for...

Former Honduran President Hernandez suffered “Humiliations” during Arrest, says wife

AFP - February 20, 2022

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, captured on Tuesday following a U.S. extradition request for drug trafficking, was subjected to "humiliations" during his arrest,...

Honduras asks UN to create Anti-Corruption Commission

AFP - February 18, 2022

The Honduran government of Xiomara Castro asked the UN on Thursday to create a commission against corruption and impunity, the Foreign Ministry announced. "The president...

Former Honduran president appears before judge after US extradition request

AFP - February 16, 2022

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, whom the United States is seeking to extradite after accusing him of trafficking some 500 tons of cocaine,...