The Latest Breaking News from Honduras

Ex-Honduran national police chief wanted in US arrested

A former head of Honduras’ national police who was sought by United States prosecutors on drug and weapons charge has been arrested

The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2022

Priest slain in Honduras may be 1st in nearly half a century

Relatives, parishioners and fellow priests are mourning the Rev. José Enrique Vásquez, who was abducted, shot dead and dumped on a bridge in northern Honduras

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2022

Honduras prosecutor: Ex-president's offices swept of papers

A federal prosecutor in Honduras says an anti-corruption team from the Attorney General’s Office visited presidential offices a week after President Juan Orlando Hernández stepped down and found paper shredders and none of the financial documents they were looking for

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2022

In handcuffs, former Honduran president attends boisterous extradition hearing

Handcuffed and shackled, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez arrived at his first extradition hearing on Wednesday, where he was met by dozens of boisterous fans as well as emboldened critics who assailed what they called his narco-dictatorship.

Reuters · Feb 16, 2022

A stunning fall for ex-Honduran president wanted in US

The arrest of former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández and the images that followed — a leader shackled and paraded before cameras like a common criminal — are a stunning reversal for a man who for years seemed impervious to growing allegations of corruption

The Independent UK · Feb 16, 2022

Once celebrated by American leaders, former Honduran president now sought on US drug charges

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — For years, U.S. officials faced an uncomfortable dilemma: The president of Honduras was one of Washington’s top allies in Central America — but evidence was mounting that he was also a drug trafficker.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 16, 2022

Ex-president arrested in Honduras as US requests extradition on drugs charges

Juan Orlando Hernández, once a key US ally in Central America, handcuffed and taken away in Tegucigalpa

The Guardian - US · Feb 15, 2022

Ferns: the houseplants that reveal how tropical rainforests are responding to climate change

Ferns are at their most diverse and abundant in the world’s tropical rainforests. This warm and humid ecosystem is heaven for these plants, which unfurl their feather-like leaves in the damp and shaded understory. So how did they ever come to colonise British living rooms?

The Conversation · Feb 15, 2022

Split up at the US-Mexico border, a family finally reunites

A Honduran family separated by American immigration authorities finally have a touching reunion after returning to the United States – this time with the US government’s blessing

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2022

U.S. asks Honduras to arrest and extradite former President Juan Orlando Hernández

Honduras police officers have surrounded his home, per Reuters.

Axios · Feb 15, 2022