Honduran officials

About 500 migrants – mainly from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador – boarded La Bestia, as the freight train is known to those who ride its rooftop in order to ease the torturous journey to the U.S. border. They hopped the train early Thursday and are riding atop the freight cars hoping to reach the ...

Four days later, immigration authorities returned him to Honduras. Garcia-Zavala did not apply for permission to reenter the United States. He was arrested in Portland on Sept. 9, 2017 after a Maine State Trooper stopped the van on I-295 in which he was a passenger for traffic violations. His lawyer argued ...

After pursuing an intense agenda of activities in La Esperanza and Comayagua, Garcia Casas on Tuesday visited the Parque Herrera and the Paseo Liquidambar, in the capital's historic downtown, accompanied by Spain's envoy to Honduras, Guillermo Kirkpatrick, and officials with the Spanish Agency for International ...

A Honduran immigrant afraid for her life sought sanctuary this past weekend in a local church and helped launch a movement Tuesday aimed at ... Immigration courts have recognized Ortez-Cruz fled Honduras to save her life, officials said, but they denied her case and ordered her to leave the country.

After repairs, the ship was cleared by Honduran Port State Control authorities and left port approximately 2 a.m. today to continue onto Belize, its next scheduled port of call. As for the port, it was evaluated for damage by authorities from the Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Environment and Merchant Marine ...

The nation of Honduras cancelled schools and work, in light of the most recent Presidential Election. The 2017 ... Katerina Parsons, Director of Communication at the Association for a More Just Society, works closely with Honduran officials to prevent the spread of corruption in the government. “The way I ...

Honduran anti-corruption commission is "concerned" about proposed legislative they say would protect state official detained on charges of corruption ... by the right-wing Honduran Patriotic Alliance (APH) party - would give "privilege to public officials who are being charged with embezzling state funds.".

Honduran authorities said they have arrested an energy company executive allegedly behind the high-profile 2016 murder of prominent ... Officials said Castillo had served as CEO of the company Desarrollos Energeticos (DESA) - which Caceres actively campaigned against over plans to build a ...

TEGUCIGALPA: Police arrested the wife of former Honduran President Porfirio Lobo on corruption charges including siphoning funds from social works programs for the poor, officials said. Rosa Elena Bonilla was detained at her residence on the outskirts of the capital Tegucigalpa, officials said. Police also ...

Authorities in Honduras arrested former first lady Rosa Elena Bonilla de Lobo, the wife of former President Porfirio Lobo, on February 28 at her home in ... “An indictment was filed against Rosa Elena Bonilla de Lobo, who, along with other former public officials, committed the crimes of misappropriation of ...

Family, friends and activists gather outside the Prosecutor's Office to demand justice for the murder of environmental activist and Goldman Environmental Prize winner Berta Caceres, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Friday, March 2, 2018. The authorities' failure to identify those who ordered the brutal murder of ...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A former dam development company executive has been arrested in the 2016 killing of renowned indigenous and environmental activist Berta Caceres, Honduran authorities announced Friday. Two years after gunmen barged into her home in the city of La Esperanza, ...

In 2013, Caceres told Al Jazeera that she believed the army had a hit list of activists with her name on the top but that Honduran officials were reluctant to take action. Several of those convicted or arrested in connection with her death are former military or police officials. Caceres was one of Latin America's ...

Police arrested the wife of former Honduran President Porfirio Lobo on Wednesday on corruption charges including siphoning funds from social ... Earlier this month, the head of an anti-corruption commission backed by the Organization of American States resigned, citing a lack of support from authorities.

New York, February 16, 2018--Honduran authorities should take swift action to identify and bring to justice the man who attempted to stab television ... "This brazen attack against a journalist on live television is a frightening example of the dangers journalists in Honduras face simply for doing their job," said ...

The MACCIH lawyer said the commission “is going to continue in Honduras and we're going to present our next cases.” Mayor adds the committee has information that current National Party congress members were involved in a money laundering scandal covered by the construction of a hydroelectric dam ...

“On the night of the election, the public was given no official information by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal regarding the count until 1.30am in the .... it emphasised the efforts to ensure the “transparency” of the electoral process and expressed satisfaction with the Honduran authorities' management of it.