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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
| Location: | Honduras |
| Title: | Travel Warning U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Consular Affairs |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens that the crime and violence levels in Honduras remain critically high. |
| Location: | Honduras |
| Category: | News Email, Public Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | US senators urge Kerry to review Honduras aid |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press |
| Brief: | The senators expressed disappointment with the Honduran government's efforts to address corruption and criminality in the police force, which they call a disappointing failure. |
| Location: | Honduras |
| Category: | Public Security |
| Title: | Monsenor Emiliani cuestiona al presidente Porfirio Lobo por su apoyo "tibio" a la tregua |
| Author/Source: | El Faro, El Faro (El Salvador) |
| Brief: | Tres de los principales actores del proceso de pacificacion salvadoreno –monsenor Colindres, Raul Mijango y Adam Blackwell– llegaron el lunes a una carcel de San Pedro Sula para mostrar su respaldo al proceso. |
Monday, June 17, 2013
| Location: | Honduras |
| Category: | Elections, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Xiomara Castro lanza candidatura en Honduras |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press El Nuevo Herald |
| Brief: | Castro es la esposa de Manuel Zelaya, presidente derrocado por un golpe de estado en junio del 2009 y enviado por el Ejercito al exilio |
Thursday, June 13, 2013
| Location: | Honduras |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Defense Budgets, News Email, Public Security |
| Title: | Honduras Expands Armed Forces as Police Reform Flounders |
| Author/Source: | Claire O'Neill McCleskey InSight Crime |
| Brief: | Prior to its approval, the decree was subject to a fierce debate among legislators. Sergio Castellanos, a representative from the Democratic Unification party, argued that Honduras needed 1,000 more police more than the Army needed troops |
| Location: | Honduras |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | I Didn't Block An Investigation Into Drug War Deaths, Says State Department Official |
| Author/Source: | John Hudson Foreign Policy |
| Brief: | "Allegations in the press that I stymied an investigation into a shooting incident in Honduras are false," he told The Cable. "The issue was never whether the incident would be investigated, but rather which U.S. Government organization wou |
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
| Location: | Honduras |
| Category: | Corruption, News Email, Public Security |
| Title: | Effort to clean up Honduras police force stalls |
| Author/Source: | Alberto Arce Associated Press The Miami Herald |
| Brief: | By April of this year, the Honduran government said it had dismissed a mere seven police from the more-than-11,000-member force |
| Location: | Honduras |
| Category: | News Email, Public Security |
| Title: | En lo que va de 2013 se registran 160 homicidios menos que en 2012 |
| Author/Source: | El Heraldo (Honduras) |
| Brief: | De acuerdo a las estadisticas, del 1 de enero al 9 de junio de 2012, se reporto la muerte violenta de 3,238 personas. En el mismo periodo de este ano, la cifra es de 3,078 homicidios |
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
| Location: | Honduras |
| Category: | News Email, Public Security |
| Title: | Al desnudo desorden, calamidad y vulnerabilidad de Policia Nacional |
| Author/Source: | El Heraldo (Honduras) |
| Brief: | El ministro de Seguridad, Arturo Corrales, dejo al descubierto anoche el desorden administrativo, corrupcion y caos organizacional que ha enfrentado la Secretaria de Seguridad |
| Location: | Honduras |
| Category: | News Email, Public Security |
| Title: | Al desnudo desorden, calamidad y vulnerabilidad de Policia Nacional |
| Author/Source: | El Heraldo (Honduras) |
| Brief: | El ministro de Seguridad, Arturo Corrales, dejo al descubierto anoche el desorden administrativo, corrupcion y caos organizacional que ha enfrentado la Secretaria de Seguridad |
Monday, June 10, 2013
| Location: | Honduras |
| Category: | Public Security |
| Title: | Ganging up on violence in Honduras |
| Author/Source: | Mike Allison Al Jazeera |
| Brief: | There is a general consensus that the Honduran gangs are not as centralised as the Salvadoran gangs, which will make gang leaders' enforcement of a truce more difficult |
Monday, June 3, 2013
| Location: | Honduras |
| Category: | Public Security |
| Title: | Asesinan a exjefe policial que habia reprobado examenes de confianza |
| Author/Source: | El Faro (El Salvador) |
| Brief: | Habia salido de la Policia luego de que su nombre aparecio en octubre de 2012 en una lista de 56 oficiales que reprobaron las pruebas de confianza impuestas por las autoridades |