Posts Tagged ‘honduras’
Friday, May 25th, 2012
Protest have been held across Honduras demanding an end to a series of murders of journalists, amid accusations that criminals enjoy impunity.

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Honduras protest at media murders
Tags: amid-accusations, honduras, impunity, journalists, murder, protest, usa
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Thursday, May 24th, 2012
Despite an influx of American assistance, residents of an area of Honduras that has become a way station for cocaine on its way north say they feel threatened.
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In Remote Honduras Area, Drug Raid Stirs Anger
Tags: america, border, cocaine, cocaine-on-its, drug abuse and traffic, honduras, its-way, mexico, north, north-say, threat, united-states, way-station
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Saturday, May 19th, 2012
Some Honduran officials and residents have said that the victims of a fatal gun battle last week were innocent people, challenging the account of American drug enforcement agents.
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From Honduras, Conflicting Tales of a Shootout
Tags: account, america, battle-last, deaths (fatalities), drug abuse and traffic, drug-enforcement, fatal-gun, hallenging-the-account, honduras, innocent, innocent-people, International relations, the-victims, victims
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Sunday, May 6th, 2012
Drawing on lessons from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the American military has established outposts to join Honduran forces against narcotics barons who use the country as a cocaine transit hub.
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U.S. Turns Its Focus on Drug Smuggling in Honduras
Tags: afghanistan, america, border, cocaine-transit, country, from-the-wars, honduras, narcotics-barons, wars':
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Thursday, March 29th, 2012
At least 13 people have died in a fire at a prison in Honduras, officials say, a month after a similar incident killed more than 350.

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Honduras prison fire ‘kills 13′
Tags: cia, fire, honduras, kill, killed-more, officials-say, prison, similar-incident
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
In Honduras tragedy that killed 359.
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Cigarette Caused Prison Fire
Tags: heat, honduras, kill, World news
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Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
Authorities say fire has swept through a prison in Honduras, killing at least 100 inmates and leaving some 80 with serious burns.
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About 100 Dead, 80 Burned in Honduras Prison Fire
Tags: border, fire, honduras, kill, killing, killing-at-least, least-100, leaving-some, prison, say-fire
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Friday, December 9th, 2011
Honduras bans passengers on motorcycles in a bid to tackle a wave of drive-by shootings.
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Honduras motorbike passenger ban
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Monday, November 7th, 2011
The United States Drug Enforcement Administration now has five commando-style squads it has been quietly deploying to Western Hemisphere nations that are battling drug cartels.
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U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency Expands War on Drugs
Tags: art, five-commando-style, guatemala, haiti, honduras, quietly-deploying, state, united, united-states, west
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Friday, November 4th, 2011
Honduras arrests 176 police in an anti-corruption purge, following public outcry over the release of four officers accused of murder.

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Mass police arrests in Honduras
Tags: arrests-176, corruption, following-public, four-officers, honduras, murder, police, the-release
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
A man who admitted faking his own death in a road crash in Honduras in order to make a fraudulent insurance claim is sentenced to six years.

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Man jailed over faked death scam
Tags: admitted-faking, dea, death, fraud, fraudulent-insurance, his-own, honduras, insurance, king, road-crash, sentence
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Sunday, May 29th, 2011
Thousands greet Manuel Zelaya, the ex-president of Honduras ousted by the military in 2009, as he returns in a deal to end the country’s political crisis.

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Ousted Honduran president returns
Tags: country, crisis, dea, honduras, manuel, manuel-zelaya, military, president, the-ex-president, the-military, usa, zelaya
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Sunday, May 22nd, 2011
Ousted Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya signs an accord with his successor, Porfirio Lobo, which will allow him to return to Honduras from exile.

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Ousted Honduras leader can return
Tags: allow-him, his-successor, honduran, honduras, manuel, manuel-zelaya, ousted-honduran
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Saturday, May 14th, 2011
The first thing Charlie Davies thought when he woke up in a hospital bed and saw the line of staples embedded in his abdomen like a zipper was that he was in Honduras, drugged and held captive, where bandits were harvesting his organs. ¶ Panicked, he started prying the staples out until blood oozed on about the fifth one, and a nurse rushed in and asked what he was doing. ¶ “You were in a serious car accident,” she said. ¶ “Where am I?” he asked, unconvinced. ¶ “You’re in Washington, D.C., Mr. Davies,” the nurse said. “You were in a serious car accident. You need to lie down.” ¶ And the star striker for the U.S. national soccer team drifted back to sleep for another four days. ¶ Today, 19 months after the horrific single-car crash on the George Washington Parkway that killed a fellow passenger and ultimately sent the driver to jail, Davies is the most prolific goal-scorer in Major League Soccer. Read full article > >

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Charlie Davies continues his comeback for D.C. United
Tags: drug, honduras, irs, jail, market, nee, staples, start
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Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
A court in Honduras drops the remaining corruption charges against ex-President Manuel Zelaya, clearing the way for his return from exile.

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Honduras dismisses Zelaya charges
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