Honduras announced new measures to tackle organized crime, including the building of a megaprison that could host up to 20,000 inmates, doubling the country’s current prison capacity. The plan also ...

The prison brawl has left a preliminary death toll of 41 - Copyright AFP MANDEL NGAN The prison brawl has left a preliminary death toll of 41 - Copyright AFP MANDEL ...

The government released images showing police going cell to cell in jails, moving prisoners around and searching. They've also thrown up roadblocks in the streets and made mass arrests. INSKEEP: NPR's ...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A crackdown in Honduras on gangs in the nation’s prisons is eerily similar to one carried out last year in neighboring El Salvador by President Nayib Bukele, observers ...

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) – This is a city besieged by crime in all its forms: gang violence, drug cartel killings and rampant extortion compounded by a fear of authorities. Honduras is now among ...

(RNS) — After years of working for a Christian international relief group, sociologist and professor Kurt Ver Beek wasn’t satisfied with the tool kit available to most faith groups combating poverty.

A woman cries after recognising her daughter among the 46 who died in violence at the CEFAS women's prison in Honduras - Copyright AFP/File Lionel BONAVENTURE A woman ...

TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS — As I approached a youth outreach center on the outskirts of this capital city, I didn’t notice the man behind us. Officials from the U.S. Agency for International Development ...

TEGUCIGALPA, July 18 (Reuters) - Honduras' government will lift a curfew imposed last month in two major industrial cities to counter violence, following a sharp drop in homicides in the region, ...

TEGUCIGALPA, HondurasTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras became the second country in Central America to declare a state of emergency to fight gang crimes like extortion. For years, street gangs have ...