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2024 in Honduras

2024
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Honduras

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Events of 2024 in Honduras.

Incumbents

Events

February

March

  • 8 March – Juan Orlando Hernández is found guilty of drug trafficking charges in a federal court in New York City.[4]

June

  • 15 June – President Xiomara Castro announces new measures to reduce gang activity, including building a 20,000-capacity "megaprison" and plans to designate gang members as terrorists.[5]
  • 26 June – Former President Juan Orlando Hernández is sentenced to 45 years in prison and fined $8 million for drug trafficking and firearms offences by a U.S. federal court.[6]

August

September

  • 14 September – Juan Lopez, an environmental activist who protested against open-pit iron ore mining in a forest reserve, is shot dead in Tocoa, Colón.[10]
  • 19 September – Two inmates are killed while three others are injured in an attempted jailbreak at a men's prison in Támara.[11]

Holidays

Source:[12]

References

  1. ^ "Xiomara Castro toma posesión como nueva presidenta de Honduras" [Xiomara Castro takes office as the new president of Honduras]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). 27 January 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Honduran ex-president accused of running country as a 'narco-state' to stand trial". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  3. ^ "Bus Crash Leaves 17 Dead". Reuters. February 28, 2023.
  4. ^ "Former president of Honduras convicted in US of aiding drug traffickers". AP News. 2024-03-08. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  5. ^ "Honduras to build 20,000-inmate 'megaprison' as part of gang crackdown". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
  6. ^ "Honduras ex-president sentenced to 45 years for helping drug traffickers". Al Jazeera. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Former Honduras national police chief gets 19 years in US prison for cocaine distribution". Associated Press. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Honduras investiga cinco supuestos casos de viruela símica dentro de una familia" (in Spanish). 2024-08-21. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  9. ^ "Honduras Says It Will End Extradition Treaty With United States". The New York Times. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Honduran anti-mining activist who fought to save forests, rivers is killed". France 24. 15 September 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Attempted prison escape in Honduras leaves 2 inmates dead and 3 injured". Associated Press. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Honduras Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
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