US Citizen Arrested for Triple Murder in Honduras
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Tico Times ^
| March 30, 2024
Honduras, a country grappling with the highest rate of femicide in Latin America and the fifth highest in the world, has been rocked by the news of the arrest of a US Citizen, Gilbert Reyes, in the Dominican Republic. Reyes stands accused of the brutal murder of three young women in Roatán,
a popular tourist destination in the Islas de la Bahía department of Honduras. The shocking crime has once again brought to the forefront the dire situation faced by women in Honduras, where violence against women has reached epidemic proportions. The Public Ministry of Honduras, in a statement, revealed...
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Moment young girl and mother are caught stealing from woman's handbag during a mass at the Our Lady of Guadalupe church in Honduras
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Daily Mail UK ^
| October 3, 2023 | Adry Torres
Shocking video has captured the moment a young girl encouraged by her mother steals from a woman's handbag during a mass in Honduras. Surveillance footage shows the child reaching over the pew in front and taking what appears to be a cellphone at the Our Lady of Guadalupe church in the capital
city of Tegucigalpa on Sunday. The pair then immediately dart off together and head for the exit while their unsuspecting victim remains standing and observing the priest. It is not clear whether the footage has yet been handed to police but the brazen flouting of the eighth commandment...
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Sanctuary city San Francisco is fueling property boom in HONDURAS as $350,000-a-year fentanyl dealers send cash home, safe in knowledge they likely face light sentences and will never be deported
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DAILYMAIL.COM ^
| 11 July 2023 | HARRIET ALEXANDER
Dealers working in the Californian city told The San Francisco Chronicle, which spent 18 months researching the town, that they earned $350,000 a year, and that San Francisco's policies as a sanctuary city made it an appealing destination. That's
because there's little risk of deportation if they're caught and convicted of drug dealing - with San Francisco also known among dealers for handing out light sentences if they do get caught dealing. El Pedernal used to be a sleepy agricultural town of 1,600 people: now, construction is a prime industry, with workers earning $35 a day - four times what...
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Honduras to start diplomatic ties with China, in blow to Taiwan
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France 24 ^
Tegucigalpa (AFP) – Honduras will establish diplomatic relations with China, President Xiomara Castro said Tuesday, a move that would result in the severing of longstanding official ties with Taiwan. The switch -- which Castro pledged to make while on the campaign trail -- comes weeks after her government announced it was negotiating
with China to build a hydroelectric dam. Under Beijing's "One China" principle, no country may maintain official diplomatic relations with both China and Taiwan. Castro, who became her country's first woman president in 2022, wrote on Twitter that she had instructed Foreign Minister Eduardo Reina "to undertake the...
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Vatican Awaits Developments as It Investigates Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga and Honduras’ Catholic University
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National Catholic Register ^
| December 2, 2022 | Edward Pentin
Vatican Awaits Developments as It Investigates Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga and Honduras’ Catholic UniversityQuestions have been raised about the attempt to transfer ownership of the university from the local Church to a foundation headed by the rector, ahead of the cardinal’s impending retirement.VATICAN CITY — A Vatican investigation into one of Pope
Francis’ closest aides and the rector of the Catholic University of Honduras over alleged mismanagement of the university’s finances and personnel has currently stalled as the Vatican awaits more information, the Register has learned. The Pope ordered the investigation last year after repeated complaints were made against Cardinal...
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Honduras ex-president Hernández extradited to US
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Ap ^
| MARLON GONZÁLEZ
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras extradited former President Juan Orlando Hernández to the United States on Thursday to face drug trafficking and weapons charges in a dramatic reversal for a leader once touted by U.S. authorities as a key ally in the war on the drugs.Just three months after leaving office, a handcuffed
Hernández boarded an airplane with agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration bound for the United States, where he faces charges in the Southern District of New York. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Hernandez "abused his position as President of Honduras from 2014 through 2022 to operate...
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Tag Team: Kamala eggs on illegal aliens from Honduras, Joe sneaks them in back home
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americanthinker.com ^
| 28 Jan, 2022 | Monica Showalter
Kamala's corporate plot to encourage illegals is matched by Joe's dubiously legal plot to sneak illegals into the States with the television cameras off. It's
doubtful that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris like one another, but there seems to be a coordinated effort between the two to bring in more illegal immigrants to the states, something they are succeeding at rather spectacularly. How else do we explain Kamala Harris's trip to Honduras, to attend the presidential inauguration of radical left-wing presidenta, Xiomara Castro, while Joe Biden's minions are sneaking in illegals by the thousands away from the cameras and flying...
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Tag Team: Kamala eggs on illegal immigrants from Honduras, Joe sneaks them in back home
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American Thinker ^
| 01/28/2022 | Monica Showalter
It's doubtful that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris like one another, but there seems to be a coordinated effort between the two to bring in more illegal immigrants to the states, something they are succeeding at rather spectacularly. How
else do we explain Kamala Harris's trip to Honduras, to attend the presidential inauguration of radical left-wing presidenta, Xiomara Castro, while Joe Biden's minions are sneaking in illegals by the thousands away from the cameras and flying them at taxpayer expense to their destinations of choice? Biden's turned the immigration enforcement agencies into a concierge, valet, and taxi service for illegals....
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Harris will travel to Honduras for president’s inauguration
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The Associated Press ^
| January 18, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Honduras next week to attend the inauguration of President-elect Xiomara Castro, the Central American country’s first female president. Castro,
the leftist opposition party candidate, won out over the country’s ruling party in November. She will be inaugurated Jan. 27. She is the former first lady and her husband, José Manuel Zelaya was ousted by the army in a coup in 2009. She rode a wave of popular discontent with 12 years of National Party governance, which peaked in former President Juan Orlando Hernández’s second term.
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Evangelicals Now Outnumber Catholics in Honduras, According to Survey
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Catholic Culture ^
| 11/29/21
More Hondurans describe themselves as evangelicals (46%) than as Catholics (38%) in a survey conducted by Paradigma, a Honduran research group. According
to a standard reference source, the Central American nation of 9.2 million (map) is 96% Christian (and 71% Catholic). Archbishop Gábor Pintér, apostolic nuncio in Honduras, said in a recent interview that Honduras has maintained a Christian culture and that 95% of Hondurans are baptized Catholics. He linked the rise of evangelicalism to a shortage of priests: evangelical churches, he said, typically have a permanent pastor for a congregation of 50 to 100 people, while Catholics in some...
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Leftist candidate Xiomara Castro set to become Honduras's first female president
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CBC News ^
| 11/30/2021 | Thomson Reuters
The ruling National Party of Honduras conceded defeat on Tuesday The ruling National Party of Honduras is conceding defeat in Sunday's presidential elections, a senior party figure said Tuesday, leaving leftist candidate Xiomara Castro poised to become Honduras's first female leader...
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Honduras Set to Move Embassy to Jerusalem
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Washington Free Beacon ^
| June 1, 2021 | Jack Beyrer •
Honduras joins United States, Guatemala, Kosovo in establishing Jerusalem embassy.. Honduras will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem by the end of June, joining the United States in the historic decision to open a diplomatic post in Israel’s capital. Senior
adviser to the Israeli minister of regional cooperation David Aaronson tweeted Tuesday celebrating Honduras's decision to move its mission to Jerusalem. Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado will arrive in Israel on June 23, According to Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom. Hernández announced in 2019 that the Latin American country would move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, but...
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White House strikes deal with Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala to enforce borders
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Washington Examiner ^
| 04/12/2021 | Katherine Doyle
The Biden administration has reached agreements with Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala to boost security at their borders in an attempt to curb a surge of migrants to the southern U.S. boundary, White House officials said on Monday. “The objective is to make it more difficult to make the journey and make crossing
the borders more difficult,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters. “We worked with them to increase law enforcement at the border to deter the travel, which is a treacherous journey ... where many lose their lives.” The agreements were struck in recent weeks, she said. Psaki...
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Biden ends Trump asylum deals with El Savador, Guatemala and Honduras
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france24.com ^
| February 7. 2021 | NEWS WIRES
The Biden administration said on Saturday it was immediately suspending Trump-era asylum agreements with El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, part of a bid to undo his Republican predecessor's hardline immigration policies. In
a statement, State Department Secretary Antony Blinken said the United States had "suspended and initiated the process to terminate the Asylum Cooperative Agreements with the Governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras as the first concrete steps on the path to greater partnership and collaboration in the region laid out by President Biden." The so-called "safe third country" agreements, inked in 2019 by the Trump administration and the...
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UN experts aghast as Honduras bans abortion, same-sex ‘marriage’
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National Review ^
| February 5th 2021 | Stefano Gennarini
The Honduran Congress amended the Constitution of the Central American nation to ban all abortions despite pressure from the United Nations and abortions groups to block the added protections for the unborn. The
Congress amended the Constitution to explicitly ban abortion last week. The amendment prohibits “the termination of life of the unborn by the mother or a third party under any circumstance” and expanded the protections for the unborn already enshrined in Article 67 of the Honduran Constitution. The Constitution previously recognized the humanity of the child in the womb, stating that the unborn “is to be considered born...
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Honduras initially approves bill making it virtually impossible to legalise abortion in the country
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BBC News ^
| 22nd January 2020 | BBC News
Parliament in Honduras has initially approved a bill that will make it virtually impossible to legalise abortion in the country. The
new measure will require at least three-quarters of Congress to vote in favour of modifying the abortion law, which is among the strictest in world. Honduras forbids abortion under any circumstance, even rape or incest. Its latest move comes in response to Argentina legalising abortion last month. Across Latin America, there has been increased pro-choice campaigning, known as the "green wave", based on the colour worn by protesters. The new legislation in Honduras hinges on an article in the...
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Up to 8,000 US-bound migrants enter Guatemala from Honduras
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edition.cnn.com ^
| January 17, 2021 | Marlon Sorto and Sharif Paget
An estimated 7,000 to 8,000 US-bound migrants have entered Guatemala from Honduras since Friday, a spokesman for Guatemala's official immigration agency, Alejandra Mena, told CNN on Saturday. Thousands of people are joining the US-bound groups to flee a life of poverty and violence. Two
devastating hurricanes struck the region late last year, exacerbating the economic strain caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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New Migrant Caravan Forming in Honduras. Expect Many More. Joe Biden’s campaign rhetoric promised a “more humane” immigration policy and expanded the number of those able to claim refugee status.
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PJ Media ^
| 01/15/2021 | Rick Moran
Hundreds of Central Americans — many with families in tow — have begun the journey to the U.S. border hoping the new president will allow them to claim refugee status and enter the United States.They will likely be stopped in Mexico thanks to coronavirus restrictions, but the incoming Biden administration is worried
that this is only the beginning. Joe Biden’s campaign rhetoric promised a “more humane” immigration policy and expanded the number of those able to claim refugee status. This will inevitably lead to a massive influx of those seeking asylum at the border.Reuters:On Thursday, Guatemala cited the pandemic in...
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A New Migrant Caravan From Honduras Heads To The U.S., Anticipate Biden’s Open Borders Policies
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Hot Air ^
| December 11, 2020 | KAREN TOWNSEND
It didn’t take very long for a migrant caravan to form in Honduras and begin their journey to the United States in anticipation of Joe Biden taking office. More
than 1,000 Hondurans departed a bus terminal Wednesday night headed to Guatemala. If they make it into Guatemala the caravan will continue on until it reaches the U.S. border. This caravan is populated with Hondurans who are leaving due to the devastation caused by two back-to-back hurricanes. The people are looking to Joe Biden to allow them to stay in America, if they make it to the border. “We have asked...
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That Migrant Caravan From Honduras Didn’t Make It Very Far: "Head Back Home Folks!" Says Guatemala and Mexico
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Hotair ^
| 10/04/2020 | Jazz Shaw
On Friday, John reported on the return of an unwelcome fall ritual. That
would be the start of the migrant caravan season when illegal aliens gather together in huge groups to attempt the trek from Guatemala and Honduras up through Mexico to either try to cross the United States border illegally or present themselves for asylum. (Frequently both if they get caught trying to jump the border.) In this case, roughly 1,000 migrants, primarily from Honduras, formed up and headed through Guatemala toward Mexico’s southern border heading north. By yesterday, their numbers were estimated to have swollen to 2,000....
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