A court in Honduras Thursday found seven men guilty of the murder of the prominent environmental activist Berta Cáceres, in 2016. In January, the sentence is known. The seven are at risk of imprisonment up to thirty years.
In Central America, 12 people died in recent days due to floods and landslides caused by heavy rainfall. The rain started Thursday and has not stopped since. Countries throughout Central America are plagued by the rain.
Two years after the murder of the prominent Honduran environmentalist Berta Cáceres, the police arrested the presumptive leader behind this case. At the time, the suspect was director of the energy company Desa. According to the Public Prosecution Service, he has given one of the perpetrators the opportunity and the means to carry out the execution.
The Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández was sworn in on Saturday for a second term of four years after controversial elections. The course of events again led to great protest in the streets of Tegucigalpa and to skirmishes between police and many thousands of demonstrators.
In the Caribbean, a major quake occurred near Honduras with a force of 7.6. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center warns shores within a thousand kilometers of the epicenter for 'dangerous waves'.
After weeks of unrest and uncertainty, the highest electoral tribunal in Honduras, President Juan Orlando Hernández, has been declared the winner of the presidential election. The election was held at the end of November, but it was unclear for a long time who would become the new president.
Due to an accident with a helicopter in Honduras, all six occupants were killed. Among the dead is ex-minister Hilda Hernandez, the sister of President Juan Orlando Hernandez of Honduras.
The incumbent Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández can basically prepare for a new term. The National Electoral Council announced on Monday, after all the votes had been counted, that Hernández had been supported by 42.98 percent of the electorate. His rival Salvador Nasralla came to 41.39 percent, about 52,000 votes less.
The incumbent Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez seems to be heading for profit in the presidential election.
Two people were killed in Honduras during fighting between security units and protesters. The authorities announced that on Saturday. The death toll has therefore risen to at least three. More than twenty people were injured. The police performed hundreds of arrests and announced a curfew.
Friday riots broke out in Honduras after the announcement of the results of the presidential elections was postponed again. Protesters blocked streets, set cars on fire, and threw stones at the police, who responded with tear gas.
Prior to a football match for the championship in Honduras, five people died on Sunday. They entered the tribulation after chaos at the stadium's entrances. Another twenty-five people were injured, reporting the Honduran authorities.
Certainly sixteen people came Sunday in Honduras killed when a bus and a truck collided. The accident took place just outside the capital Tegucigalpa. Another 34 people were injured.
Five men in police uniforms certainly have ten people shot dead in Honduras. They opened fire with automatic weapons in a billiard center in Tegucigalpa.
The six Syrians were arrested in Honduras with false passports seeking work and have nothing to do with terrorism. They were not heading to the US but to Guatemala, said a source in the US government.
In Honduras, five Syrians arrested with stolen Greek passports, the United States tried to travel inside.
