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21 August – Honduras reports five suspected cases of the new mpox clade. [8] 28 August – Honduras announces that it would end its extradition treaty with the United States that had been in place since 1912 following criticism by US ambassador Laura Dogu of a meeting between Honduran and Venezuelan officials. [9]
The Center for Women’s Rights (Centro de Derechos de Mujeres) has declared 203 femicide murders in Honduras so far in the year 2024. [22] Between 2006 and 2012, femicide rates increased by 300%. 2,264 women were victims of femicide between 2016 and 2021, and 240 women lost their lives violently in 2021, making gender based violence the second ...
Crime in Honduras has become a growing matter of concern for the Honduran population in recent years. Honduras has experienced alarmingly high levels of violence and criminal activity, [ 1 ] with homicide rates reaching a peak in 2012, averaging 20 homicides per day. [ 2 ]
Nearly 200 Venezuelan immigrants to the U.S. were returned to their home country after being detained at Guantanamo Bay, in a flurry of flights that forged an unprecedented pathway for U.S ...
Alice Shackelford, UN Resident Coordinator in Honduras, tweeted: "My solidarity with the women in the Penitentiary Center in Támara and my strong rejection of violence" ("Mi solidaridad con las mujeres en el Centro Penitenciario en Támara y mi fuerte rechazo a la violencia"). [21]
Crime is particularly high in Honduras' second city and industrial heartland, San Pedro Sula Crime is a major problem in Honduras , which has the highest murder rate of any nation. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime , Honduras has the highest rate of intentional homicide in the world, with 6,239 intentional homicides, or ...
On 24 November 2022, the government of Honduras declared a state of emergency regarding gang violence in the country. [6] On 3 December 2022, the government announced that some constitutional rights would be suspended in the cities of Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula to crack down on criminal gangs in those two cities, particularly Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and 18th Street Gang.
Category: Violence against women in Honduras. 1 language. ... This page was last edited on 26 April 2024, at 05:36 (UTC).