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FILE – Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, second from right, is taken in handcuffs to a waiting aircraft as he is extradited to the United States, at an Air Force base in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, April 21, 2022. Nearly two years after his arrest and extradition to the U.S., Hernández is now set to stand trial in Manhattan federal court on drug trafficking and weapons charges, with jury selection scheduled to begin Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. He has pleaded not guilty.

Crime and Courts February 20, 2024 3:30 pm

Honduran ex-president accused of running country as ‘narco-state' stands trial in NYC

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was once touted by U.S. authorities as a key ally in the war on drugs. Now, federal prosecutors say the political leader ran his Central American nation as a “narco-state,” collecting millions of dollars from violent cartels to fuel his rise to power.

A Doctors Without Borders’ worker releases laboratory-bred mosquitoes infected with bacteria that interrupt the transmission of dengue, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023.

Wildlife October 23, 2023 12:52 pm

How special mosquitoes became allies in fight against dengue fever in Honduras

Preventing dengue fever has long meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now, scientists are promoting a potentially more effective way to control the disease with the help of mosquitoes.

TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS – JUNE 20: Relatives hug each other as they await the bodies of loved ones who were killed at a women’s prison in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on June 20, 2023. At least 41 inmates were killed on Tuesday at a women’s prison northwest of Honduras’ capital Tegucigalpa, said the Honduran Public Prosecutor’s Office. (Photo by Emilio Flores/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Honduras June 21, 2023 11:33 am

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

Women at a prison in Honduras had complained for weeks about threats from gang members. The gang fulfilled those threats, slaughtering 41 women, officials said.

Relatives of inmates wait in distress outside the entrance to the women’s prison in Tamara, on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tuesday, June 20, 2023. A riot at the women’s prison has left at least 41 inmates dead, most of them burned to death, a Honduran police official said.

Honduras June 20, 2023 9:28 pm

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

A grisly riot at a women’s prison in Honduras has left at least 41 women dead, most burned to death, in violence the country’s president blames on “mara” street gangs that often wield broad power inside penitentiaries.