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He fought to save jungles in Honduras. Now his killing haunts environmental defenders
TOCOA, Honduras (AP) — Seven bullets pounded into Juan López outside a small white church on a sunny September afternoon. Six shots in the chest. One in the head. And a masked gunman standing in front of López's blood-spattered truck. In seconds, another...
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Dec. 13 - 19, 2024 Children in Argentina and Brazil were treated to Christmas cheer with Santas and reindeer visiting them in hospitals and neighborhoods, singing and handing out gifts. Migrants in Chile applied for an ID number to be included in government programs...
As Trump threatens mass deportations, Central America braces for an influx of vulnerable migrants
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — As dozens of deported migrants pack into a sweltering airport facility in San Pedro Sula, Norma sits under fluorescent lights clutching a foam cup of coffee and a small plate of eggs – all that was waiting for her in Honduras. The 69-year-old...
Tropical Storm Sara drenches Honduras’ northern coast with flash flooding and mudslides in forecast
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — Tropical Storm Sara started moving slightly faster Saturday after it stalled over Honduras, drenching the northern coast of the Central American nation, swelling rivers and trapping some people at home. Sustained rain fell overnight and continued...
Belize on alert as Tropical Storm Sara moves along Honduran coast bringing heavy rain
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — Belize issued tropical storm warnings for the Central American country's coast on Friday as Tropical Storm Sara stalled in the western Caribbean, dousing Honduras' northern coast with heavy rain. Sustained rain fell overnight in the Honduran city of...
Gunmen working for a cartel shoot and kill a US man in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in northern Mexico say gunmen apparently working for a drug cartel killed a U.S. man and that one of the alleged killers was a deserter from Honduras’ presidential guard unit. Arizona resident Nicholas Quets was shot to death on Oct. 18 near a gas...
6 migrants from Egypt, Peru and Honduras die near Guatemalan border after Mexican soldiers open fire
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican army troops opened fire on a truck carrying migrants from a half dozen countries, and six migrants from Egypt, Peru and Honduras died in an event that President Claudia Sheinbaum described Thursday as “deplorable.” Three of the dead were from Egypt,...
