Honduras

Honduras: Kidnapped Hotelier Released

Date: October 1st, 2008 |

Four gunmen kidnapped an American hotelier Sept. 20 but released him a week later in Copan. The man, who has been living in Honduras for 15 years, was snatched outside his Gran Hotel Sula on the Atlantic Coast and did not know if a ransom had been paid. The incident was not isolated: more than [read more]

Guatemala: Floods and Mudslides

Date: October 11th, 2005 |

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Torrential rains from Hurricane Stan swept across Guatemala and other Central American countries causing extensive flooding and massive mudslides that wiped out entire villages. Areas hardest hit were Mayan mountain villages, but Santiago Atitlan and Panajachel, both on the shores of Lake Atitlan and popular with foreign tourists, were overwhelmed. Some 40 people were killed [read more]

Guatemala and Honduras

Date: October 26th, 2004 |

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These Central American countries are launching similar programs to increase safety on urban buses, having national police and soldiers patrol the transit lines to stop crime and extortion. The Guatemalan effort, which began Oct. 18, has 600 officers boarding buses at different places and times with the authority to check documents of anyone they deem [read more]

Honduras

Date: June 25th, 2002 |

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Crime in San Pedro Sula has increased to the point where the national government has taken the drastic step of passing a law that allows police searches of private homes without a warrant, and is considering other measures. The police force in San Pedro Sula has more than doubled since the beginning of the year, [read more]

Honduras

Date: November 1st, 2001 |

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Still trying to recover from the devastation of last October’s Hurricane Mitch, Honduras is now suffering from a week of torrential rains that caused flooding, evacuations and the declaration of a state of emergency in 50 areas. For the time being, travel outside the capital city of Tegucigalpa may be [read more]

Mexico and Central America: Hurricane Felix and Henriette Hit on Same Day

Date: September 5th, 2007 |

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Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes made landfall on the same day for the first time since such data has been recorded. Current statistics date to 1949 and also show that this hurricane season has seen another first, two category 5 hurricanes (the strongest) occurring in the same season, with this week’s Hurricane Felix coming two weeks [read more]

Honduras

Date: June 14th, 2005 |

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Highway travel in Honduras can be dangerous because of bandits, and they are often quick to use weapons when victims resist. A Canadian man was killed in a bus holdup on the road between San Pedro Sula and La Ceiba when he tried to defend his girlfriend after she had been hit by one of [read more]

Honduras

Date: August 24th, 2004 |

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Amidst a general warning that al Qaeda operatives are traveling in Central America trying to recruit people to stage terrorist attacks in Latin America, Honduras has increased security at a number of foreign embassies because of intelligence reports that they have been targeted for attack. The embassies of the U.S., U.K., Spain, and El Salvador [read more]

Honduras

Date: December 19th, 2001 |

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Several crimes against U.S. travelers have occurred since the beginning of the year. In April a missionary driving from Texas to Honduras’s northern coast was carjacked and robbed at gunpoint. Also in April, a bar and bookstore in Tegucigalpa owned by an American and patronized by diplomats and foreign travelers was held up. All the [read more]

Honduras

Date: May 30th, 2001 |

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Smoke from forest fires closed the international airport in Tegucigalpa May 3, forcing planes to land in San Pedro Sula. The fires were set by farmers burning off their fields but then spread to surrounding forests. Similar fires have closed the airport in each of the last three years, and smoke will most likely be [read more]

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