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What we know about the Baltimore bridge collapse

Mar. 28, 2024 17:32 PM EDT

A cargo ship rammed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing the span to collapse and presumably killing six construction workers. On Wednesday, a day after the early-morning crash, officials with the National Transportation Safety Board boarded the ship and planned to recover...

Central American and Mexican families mourn the workers lost in the Baltimore bridge collapse

Mar. 28, 2024 02:09 AM EDT

AZACUALPA, Honduras (AP) — The construction workers who went missing in the Baltimore bridge collapse came to the Maryland area from Mexico or Central America, including an enterprising Honduran father and husband who started a delivery business before the pandemic forced him to find other work,...

Canada and Costa Rica complete Copa América field by winning qualifiers

Mar. 23, 2024 21:14 PM EDT

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Canada beat Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 and Costa Rica rallied past Honduras 3-1 on Saturday to complete the 16-nation field for the Copa América. Cyle Larin scored in the 61st minute and Jacob Sheffelburg added a goal in the first minute of stoppage time for...

Honduras ex-first lady says presidential bid not meant to protect herself after husband's conviction

Mar. 14, 2024 18:39 PM EDT

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Former Honduras first lady Ana García de Hernández said Thursday that her decision to seek the presidency next year is about showing the world the injustice that was done to her recently convicted husband and defending Honduras' reputation, not an attempt to protect...

Former president of Honduras convicted in US of aiding drug traffickers

Mar. 08, 2024 16:48 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted Friday in New York of charges that he conspired with drug traffickers and used his military and national police force to enable tons of cocaine to make it unhindered into the United States. The jury...

Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández convicted in US of working with drug traffickers

Mar. 08, 2024 13:36 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández convicted in US of working with drug traffickers.

Crew of the giant Icon of the Seas cruise ship rescues 14 people adrift in the sea

Mar. 07, 2024 17:11 PM EST

MIAMI (AP) — The crew of what is considered the world's largest cruise ship rescued 14 people clinging to a small boat adrift on the ocean, authorities said. Passengers aboard the Icon of the Seas captured video of the crew using a small vessel to ferry the group to the safety of...

Hondurans are glued to their former president's drug trafficking trial in a New York courtroom

Mar. 06, 2024 21:58 PM EST

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Hondurans call it the “Trial of the Century,” but it’s occurring in a New York courtroom some 3,500 miles (5,630 kilometers) away. Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández has been on trial since February in a federal courthouse in...

Ex-Honduran president defends himself at New York drug trafficking trial

Mar. 05, 2024 18:33 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández took the witness stand in his defense at his New York trial on Tuesday, denying that he teamed up with drug dealers to protect them in return for millions of dollars in bribes. His testimony in Manhattan federal...

El Salvador's former leftist strongholds contemplate party's demise

Mar. 05, 2024 11:11 AM EST

SAN JOSÉ LAS FLORES, El Salvador (AP) — Nestled in the mountains of northern El Salvador, near the Honduras border, San José Las Flores has been a bastion of leftist resistance for decades. Now its residents, many veterans of the country’s civil war, fret over the seemingly...