Tag: Tegucigalpa
Mastermind in 2016 killing of Honduran activist convicted
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A Honduran man was convicted of homicide Monday in the 2016 killing of Berta Cáceres, a prize-winning environmental and Indigenous rights...
US seeks extradition of former head of Honduras’ police
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The United States has requested the extradition of a former chief of the Honduras National Police on drug and weapons charges,...
El Salvador donates vaccine to desperate Honduras towns
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador's president sent 34,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine to seven towns in Honduras on Thursday, responding to video...
From scarcity to abundance: US faces calls to share vaccines
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Victor Guevara knows people his age have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in many countries. His own relatives in Houston have been...
Hopelessness continues driving Hondurans to migrate
OMOA, Honduras — At a converted seaside hotel, more than 200 Honduran migrants stepped off six buses, weary from travelling overnight across Guatemala after...
Honduras trial in Indigenous activist’s murder paused
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The trial of an alleged mastermind in the killing of Berta Cáceres, a prize-winning environmental and Indigenous rights defender in Honduras,...
Thousands cross Mexico’s southern border despite new efforts
FRONTERA COROZAL, Mexico — On the day this week that Mexico imposed new measures to shut down migrant crossings at its southern border, some...
Indigenous anti-dam activist killed in Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A Honduran Indigenous activist who helped led a fight against the construction of a dam has been killed, authorities said Monday....
Accountant testifies he saw Honduras president take bribes
NEW YORK — A Honduran accountant testified Tuesday that he fled Honduras because he felt his life was in danger after witnessing two meetings...
Hondurans to vote in primaries amid corruption allegations
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández’s name keeps popping up in the New York trial of an alleged drug trafficker. And one...