The allure of travel to exotic corners of the World has always been enticing to human beings. This is without doubt one of the reasons why publications like the National Geographic Magazine have always been so successful; reading articles on adventurous travel to remote, inaccessible corners of the world and … Read More
Italian-Argentine drug-trafficking suspect Franco Lombardi, known as The Wizard, has been sentenced to 14 years in the federal penitentiary after pleading guilty to charges related to cocaine and heroin cases in Florida and New Jersey, according to Miami federal court records. U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard’s sentencing closes a case … Read More
A court Honduran found a Mexican man and two Hondurans guilty of plotting to assassinate Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who has extradited more than a dozen drug lords since taking office, a judicial spokesman and security officials said on Sunday. The Mexican, Jesus Estrada, and the two Hondurans, Victor … Read More
The first container of organic sweet potatoes from Honduras has arrived at AgroFair in Barendrecht, the Netherlands. “We received the first delivery yesterday, in various sizes,” says Geert Demeyere. It was the first shipment from a new producer. “We came to this producer because he has fairly large volumes at … Read More
NEW YORK – A convicted drug trafficker testified in a New York courtroom on Thursday that he met with the brother of current Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez to get the Central American country’s government to pay its debts with a company that the trafficker’s cartel used to launder money. … Read More
The Honduran national government wants to promote the local production of potatoes and avocados to reduce imports, increase exports, and to improve the farmers’ economy. To this end, the Minister of Economic Development, Arnaldo Castillo, and a group of business executives from the Taiwan Sugar Corporation company, visited the avocado … Read More
Meckesheim, Germany-based Herbold Meckesheim GmbH says it has worked with recycling company INVEMA to commission a plant for the recycling of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles in Honduras. The plant, which began operating at the end of 2016, has been designed to produce bottle-to-bottle-quality flakes to meet United States … Read More
SAN ANTONIO – Had it not been for a security guard at his school in Honduras who intervened, Edwuard Salgado may not have lived to tell his story. Barely in his teens when it happened, Salgado survived a beating by members of a violent Honduran gang known for threatening young … Read More
A court in Honduras has sentenced drug trafficker José Miguel “Chepe” Handal to 10 years in prison, bringing to a halt a criminal career that connected organized crime with Honduran business and political elites. Handal was found guilty of drug trafficking in November last year, after prosecutors established his responsibility … Read More
H.R.1299 – Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act
– Courtesy of Honduras News – Daily News of Honduras in English