Authorities in Honduras have arrested five Syrians intending to make it to the United States with stolen Greek passports, triggering alarm Wednesday in the wake of the Paris attacks launched by Syria-linked jihadists.
Honduras has seen a sudden explosion in tree-killing southern pine beetles this year that some experts blame on El Niño, exacerbated by global warming.
Some 11,000 crocodiles unfed for almost a month because their Honduran owners had their assets frozen by U.S. authorities finally got some chow Tuesday. "That will take care of us -- for two to three days," the farm manager said.
More than 10,000 crocodiles are starving to death on a farm in Honduras after the U.S. froze the assets of the crocs' wealthy owners following accusations that the family laundered money for drug traffickers.
Three Latin America-focused think tanks have teamed up to publish the first seven of a planned 15 policy briefs analyzing various aspects of Central American and Mexican migration at its points of departure, transit and settlement in both Mexico and the United States.
Today, 62 percent of Hondurans live in poverty and 42 percent live in “extreme poverty.” To make matters worse, violence and organized crime is fueling emigration, while the country’s weakened institutions are encouraging a process of remilitarization.
A money laundering indictment by the U.S. government last week against one of the most powerful families in Honduras has rattled elites in Central America used to being treated with kid gloves by authorities.
The Honduran government said it would guarantee deposits for the 220,000 customers of Banco Continental, which is being shuttered because its owners are accused in the U.S. of laundering money for drug traffickers.
