By: Insight Crime January 23, 2026 On February 12, 2025, a convicted drug trafficker named Bayron Ruiz stopped at a warehouse in Fraijanes, Guatemala, a town of about 60,000 residents…
Category: HONDURAS
Arrest Warrant issued for former Honduran President pardoned by Trump
By: Staff Writer December 9, 2025 Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández, sentenced last year to 45 years in prison for his role in a drug trafficking operation that moved…
‘He Who’s Afraid to Die Shouldn’t Be Born’: The Changing Nature of Gangs in Honduras
By: Insight Crime June 17, 2025 The Rivera Hernández neighborhood in the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula is no ordinary place. It is the wounded heart of San Pedro…
Narco Video Shows Traffickers Discussing Bribes With Honduras President’s Brother-in-Law
By: Insight Crime September 6, 2024 InSight Crime has obtained a video in which some of Honduras’ top drug traffickers met with a member of the first family and offered…
Juan Orlando Hernández Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking
By: Insight Crime July 2, 2024 A US court has sentenced former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández to 45 years in prison, marking the end of a spectacular legal process…
The Fallout After Honduras’ Narco-State Trial
By: Insight Crime March 26, 2024 Honduran ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández was found guilty of drug trafficking in New York on March 8. The conviction concluded two decades of criminal…
Juan Orlando Hernández Declared Guilty on Drug Trafficking Charges
By: Insight Crime March 15, 2024 Honduran ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández has been convicted of drug trafficking and weapons charges by a jury in New York. He was found guilty…
Drug trafficking trial for former Honduran President began!
By: Staff Writer March 8, 2024 FORMER Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez is currently on trial in New York on drug trafficking charges and faces life in prison, he alleges…
Honduras ‘Narco-State’ on Trial in US
By: Insight Crime March 5, 2024 The first week of the trial of Honduras’ ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández was marked by dramatic testimony that detailed how drug money corrupted every…
Former Honduran president faces US court for drug trafficking.
By: Staff Writer February 23, 2024 Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez’s trial on U.S. drug trafficking charges began Tuesday with the former Donald Trump anti-drug ally on the other…
Honduras’ Stalled AG Election Shows Political Obstacles to Fighting Crime
By: Insight Crime September 19, 2023 Lawmakers in Honduras are deadlocked over the selection of a new attorney general, underscoring the political obstacles to constructing an effective approach to fighting…
OAS and Honduras signed an agreement to launch a project to support more than 100 internally displaced persons in the country
September 12, 2023 The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Office of Human Rights of Honduras signed an agreement that establishes the starting point of…