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He fought to save jungles in Honduras. Now his killing haunts environmental defenders

Seven bullets pounded into Juan López outside a small white church on a sunny September afternoon

The Independent UK

No More Special Little Freedom Zones

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Reason

Honduras Defense Minister, Deputy Step Down Over Drug Trafficking Accusations

Their resignation came Saturday, three days after President Xiomara Castro canceled the extradition treaty with the United States.

Latin Times

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US expresses ‘concerns’, Cuba hails Maduro’s ‘victory’: Leaders react to Venezuela election

Leaders across the Americas reacted to Venezuela's electoral authority's announcement on Monday that President Nicolas Maduro had won a third term in office, despite several exit polls indicating an opposition win. The announcement sparked a mix of condemnation and support, with several countries questioning the election's transparency and legitimacy.

France 24

Latino leaders and Latin American Presidents condemn attack against Donald Trump

The presidents of Mexico and many other Latin American countries raised their voices against political violence and the alleged assassination attempt against Trump, during a campaign rally.

Latin Times

Honduras Far From Dismantling Ex-president's 'Narco-state': Experts

Honduras still has a long way to go to dismantle the "narco-state" that grew under ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez, jailed this week for smuggling a deluge of cocaine into the United States, experts told AFP. Hernandez, 55, spent years in positions of power cozying up to kingpins from some of…

International Business Times

One Year On, Honduras Prison Massacre Survivors Still Reeling

Samantha still does not know how she survived the slaughter of 46 fellow inmates in a brutal gang battle at Honduras's only women's prison a year ago.

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Honduras plans to build a 20,000-capacity 'megaprison' for gang members as part of a crackdown

The president of Honduras has announced the creation of a new 20,000-capacity “megaprison.”

The Independent UK

Mexico Takes Ecuador To International Court Over Embassy Raid

Mexico filed a lawsuit against Ecuador Thursday at the International Court of Justice over the storming of its embassy in Quito, saying it wanted the South American country "suspended" from the United Nations.

International Business Times

El Paso ‘at breaking point’ amid surge in refugee, migrant arrivals

El Paso in Texas pleads for help amid a dramatic increase in asylum seekers crossing into the US from Mexico.

Al Jazeera

The narco-highway creating chaos in a Honduran rainforest

If cutting continues along its current pace, most of the Moskitia forest – and the way of life it sustains – could be lost by 2050, much sooner for many parts

The Guardian - US

Honduras wants to build West's only island prison colony and lock gangsters inside

Honduras plans to build the only island prison colony in the Western Hemisphere and send its most-feared gangsters there

The Independent UK

A Private Libertarian City in Honduras

Próspera Inc. is creating a voluntary free market mini-state inside one of Latin America's poorest nations.

Reason

Honduras copies El Salvador's playbook in anti-gang crackdown

Observers say that a crackdown in Honduras on gangs in the nation’s prisons is eerily similar to one carried out last year in neighboring El Salvador by President Nayib Bukele

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Curfew in Honduras town after 13 people shot dead at birthday party

More than 20 people killed over the weekend in alleged drug-related violence

The Independent UK

Honduran president announces security measures after massacre of 11 in pool hall

Honduran President Xiomara Castro has announced security measures including raids, checkpoints and curfews in the north of the country to quell a wave of drug trafficking-linked violence following the massacre of 11 people in a pool hall by gunmen

The Independent UK

Fear stalks the funerals of victims of Honduras prison massacre

Fear simmered among the small knot of relatives gathered for the wake of a mother and daughter who were among 46 women inmates slaughtered in this week's prison riot in Honduras

The Independent UK

Several Honduras prison carnage victims were locked up and set on fire, officials say

As toll reaches 46, officials say victims were locked up and sprayed with bullets before being set on fire

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The Independent UK

Hondurans see little hope for nation's prisons as details of cold-blooded massacre emerge

Authorities in Honduras are beginning to hand over to relatives the hacked, burned corpses of 46 women killed in the worst riot at a women’s prison in recent memory

The Guardian - US

Gang members locked women in cells before Honduras prison riot fire

Armed people went into rival gang’s cell block, opened fire and used oil to set fire, police officer says after 46 women killed

Evening Standard

41 dead after riot at women’s prison in Honduras

The country’s president blamed the violence on street gangs

The Independent UK

Gang behind slaughter of 41 women at Honduran prison, officials say

Women at a prison in Honduras had complained for weeks that gang members were threatening them

WEKU

Dozens of women die in a grisly riot in Honduran prison the president blames on gangs

Twenty-six of the 41 known victims were burned to death and the remainder shot or stabbed at the prison in Tamara, about 30 miles northwest of the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, police said.

The Independent UK

41 women die in grisly riot in Honduran prison that president blames on 'mara' gangs

A police official in Honduras says a riot at a women's prison northwest of the Honduran capital has killed at least 41 women, most of them burned to to death

WEKU

Honduras has opened an embassy in China after breaking off ties with Taiwan

Honduras opened an embassy in Beijing on Sunday, Chinese state media reported, months after the Central American nation broke off relations with Taiwan to form diplomatic ties with China.

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