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Honduras Ex-President Hernández Extradited to US
Honduras has extradited former President Juan Orlando Hernández to the United States to face drug trafficking and weapons charges
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Traveler Enters Cockpit, Causes Damage on Miami-Bound Plane: American Airlines
A traveler was apprehended Tuesday after reportedly entering the cockpit of a Miami-bound plane at an airport in Honduras and causing damage, American Airlines said.
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These 11 Countries Could Face Extreme Instability From Climate Change, Says US Intelligence
A report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence warns “climate change will increasingly exacerbate risks to U.S. national security interests.”
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The Majority of Central Americans Who Want to Migrate Internationally Are Driven by Economic Factors, Report Says
The majority of Central Americans who want to migrate internationally are motivated by economic factors, a new report found.
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After Mudslide, Priest Builds a New Town on Narco Land
A Honduran town was hammered by two consecutive hurricanes and then obliterated by a mudslide. That’s when the Rev. Leopoldo Serrano arrived in his Franciscan robes like an answer to the townspeople’s prayers, ready to take charge — and ready, it would turn out, to make a deal with the devil to save the people of La Reina.
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Mastermind in 2016 Killing of Honduran Activist Convicted
A Honduran man has been convicted for homicide in the 2016 killing of Berta Cáceres, a prize-winning environmental and Indigenous rights defender
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Climate Change Is a Major Factor Behind Increased Migration at U.S. Southern Border, Experts Say
Climate-related events increasingly intensify drivers of migration, including violence, food insecurity and poverty.
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Hopelessness Continues Driving Hondurans to Migrate
More than 200 Honduran migrants stepped off six buses at a converted seaside hotel this week following a wearying trip overnight across Guatemala after being deported by Mexico.
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Honduran Woman Exits Utah Church After 3 Years in Sanctuary
A Honduran woman in the U.S. illegally who received sanctuary in a Salt Lake City church with her two young daughters for more than three years is now free to leave without risk of deportation.
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Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala Deploy Troops to Lower Migration
The Biden administration has struck an agreement with Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala to temporarily surge troops to their borders in an effort to reduce the tide of migration to the U.S. border
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US Men's Soccer Fails to Qualify for Tokyo Olympics
The U.S. Men’s National soccer team failed to qualify for this year’s Olympics after a 2-1 loss to Honduras in the CONCACAF semi-finals.
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US Prosecutors Allege Honduras President Helped Move Drugs
Federal prosecutors in New York say an accountant witnessed meetings between Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández and a drug trafficker in which they planned the trafficking of cocaine to the United States.
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Biden Ending Deals With Central America Restricting Asylum
The Biden administration is ending agreements with three Central American nations that were part of an effort to restrict asylum under President Donald Trump
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Guatemala Troops, Police Break Up Caravan of Weary Migrants
Guatemalan police and soldiers have broken up a group of hundreds of migrants who had spent two nights stuck at a roadblock on a rural highway.
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Hurricane Iota Makes Landfall in Nicaragua
Hurricane Iota made landfall on Monday night in Nicaragua. Iota is the 30th named storm of the 2020 hurricane season.
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Hurricane Iota Heads for Battered Honduras, Nicaragua
Iota became the thirteenth hurricane of the Atlantic season early Sunday, threatening to bring another dangerous system to Nicaragua and Honduras — countries recently clobbered by a Category 4 Hurricane Eta. Iota was already a record-breaking system, being the 30th named storm of this year’s extraordinarily busy Atlantic hurricane season. Such activity has focused attention on climate change, which scientists…
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Iota Threatens 2nd Hurricane Strike for Nicaragua, Honduras
Tropical Storm Iota is brewing in the Caribbean Sea and threatening a second major hurricane for Nicaragua and Honduras
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Mexico Begins Flying, Busing Migrants Back to Honduras
Hundreds of Central American migrants who entered southern Mexico in recent days have either been pushed back into Guatemala by Mexican troops, shipped to detention centers or returned to Honduras, officials said Tuesday. An unknown number slipped past Mexican authorities and continued north.
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Mexico Blocks Hundreds of Migrants From Crossing Border Span
More than 200 mostly Honduran migrants rested on a bridge at the Guatemala-Mexico border waiting for the arrival of others and hoping sheer numbers will improve their chances of entering Mexico and continuing their journey north....
...Across the river from Tecun Uman, in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Hidalgo, National Guard troops with riot shields trucked in throughout Friday afternoon...
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Mexico Readies for Central American Migrants at South Border
Border security forces in southern Mexico were preparing Friday for the expected arrival of hundreds of Central Americans traveling through Guatemala and vowed to prevent a repeat of the headline-grabbing “caravans” of past years when massive flows of migrants and asylum seekers overwhelmed agents. National Guard and army troops stood watch as rafts plied the Suchiate River between the two…