A group of Honduran farmers embroiled in a long-running land rights dispute has accused the World Bank’s private sector arm of “knowingly profiting from the financing of murder” as it extended millions of dollars in loans to one of the country’s largest landowners. In a class-action lawsuit filed on Tuesday … Read More
Daily Archives: March 8, 2017
Honduran Drug Cartel Kingpin Head of the “Cachiros” Testifies in NY Court that he Bribed Ex-President Porfirio Lobo Sosa and his Son
One of the leaders of Honduran drug trafficking network the Cachiros has testified in court that he repeatedly bribed former President Porfirio Lobo, adding to the evidence suggesting drug traffickers corrupted Honduras’ state institutions at the highest levels. Testifying in the drug trafficking case of Lobo’s son Fabio, Devis Leonel … Read More
Honduran Teen charged in NC beheading in US illegally, ICE confirms
ZEBULON, N.C. – ICE confirmed the teen charged with beheading his mother Monday afternoon in Zebulon is in the U.S. illegally from Honduras. Oliver Funes-Machado, 18, is accused by Franklin County deputies of beheading his 35-year-old mother, then walking out of their home with her head in one hand and … Read More