Honduras Moves to Extradite Man Accused of Killing Iowa Woman
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Honduras Moves to Extradite Man Accused of Killing Iowa Woman

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The government of Honduras said it had begun the process of extraditing to the United States an undocumented immigrant who was accused of killing a young Iowa woman in 2016, a case that President Trump made a focal point in his first presidential…

Coffee Prices Are Soaring, but Growers Aren’t Celebrating
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Coffee Prices Are Soaring, but Growers Aren’t Celebrating

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines These should be wonderful times at Finca El Puente, a coffee plantation carved into the mountains of southwestern Honduras. On world markets, the price of ordinary coffee has more than doubled over the past year. The specialty varieties of coffee harvested at the…

Honduran Leader Threatens to Push U.S. Military Out of Base if Trump Orders Mass Deportations
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Honduran Leader Threatens to Push U.S. Military Out of Base if Trump Orders Mass Deportations

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Honduras’s president threatened to push the U.S. military out of a base it built decades ago in the Central American country should President-elect Donald J. Trump carry out mass deportations of undocumented immigrants from the United States. The response by President Xiomara Castro…

Honduras ex-president sentenced to 45 years for helping drug traffickers | Drugs News

Honduras ex-president sentenced to 45 years for helping drug traffickers | Drugs News

Juan Orlando Hernandez says he was ‘wrongly accused’ at sentencing hearing for conviction on drugs and weapons charges. Juan Orlando Hernandez, the former president of Honduras once seen as an important US ally with tough-on-crime politics, has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for his conviction on drugs and…

Honduras to build 20,000-inmate ‘megaprison’ as part of gang crackdown | Crime News

Honduras to build 20,000-inmate ‘megaprison’ as part of gang crackdown | Crime News

President Xiomara Castro says new measures including ‘terrorist’ designations for gang members are in response to public complaints about rising violence. Authorities in Honduras have announced a series of measures aimed at tackling organised crime, including the construction of a 20,000-capacity “megaprison”, as well as “terrorist” designations and collective trials…

The criminal hypocrisy of Hernandez’s drug conviction in a US court | Opinions

The criminal hypocrisy of Hernandez’s drug conviction in a US court | Opinions

On Friday, March 8, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted on three counts of drug trafficking and weapons conspiracy in a Manhattan federal court. Extradited to the United States shortly after completing his second presidential term in 2022, the 55-year-old Hernández is up against a mandatory minimum sentence…

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez guilty in drug trafficking case | Crime News

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez guilty in drug trafficking case | Crime News

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, 55, has been found guilty in a New York federal courtroom of participating in a scheme to ship cocaine through his country and into the United States. On Friday, a jury in the Southern District Court of New York rendered its verdict after two…

Israeli official faces corruption allegations in Honduras president’s trial | Courts News

Israeli official faces corruption allegations in Honduras president’s trial | Courts News

New York City, United States – The allegations shocked the courtroom. Last week, a confidential witness in a high-profile criminal case alleged that an Israeli embassy participated in a money-laundering scheme linked to the illicit trade of cocaine. It was a major twist in the trial of Juan Orlando Hernandez,…