Pay to Play: How One City’s Growth Fuels Corruption and Environmental Destruction in Western Honduras
Just before midnight on September 15, 2023, four masked men dressed in all black walked down an alley just north…
Environmental Destruction or Community Development? A Mayor’s Struggle in Western Honduras
It was around 4:00 a.m. on January 26, 2024, when residents of the San Juan neighborhood of San Manuel de…
What Happened When An Extractive Model Came to Honduras?
In May 2011, former Honduran President Porfirio Lobo Sosa welcomed around 1,300 local and foreign investors to the industrial hub…
Juan Matta Ballesteros
Juan Matta Ballesteros was a Honduran drug trafficker who pioneered the bulk shipping of cocaine through Central America. He was…
Does Justice Mean Peace? 2 Books About Honduras Explore This Sensitive Topic
Two recent books about Honduras tackle an age-old question: At what point does the quest for justice cross ethical and…
‘He Who’s Afraid to Die Shouldn’t Be Born’: The Changing Nature of Gangs in Honduras
The Rivera Hernández neighborhood in the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula is no ordinary place. It is the wounded…
New Narco Video Scandal Spotlights Selective Justice in Honduras
Authorities in Honduras are prosecuting a former general for taking bribes from drug traffickers using similar video evidence that implicated…
The Decade-Long Evolution of Latin America’s Homicide Rates
Organized crime — particularly cocaine trafficking — has been the main driver of homicides in Latin America and the Caribbean…
Honduras Sees Record Number of Municipalities Growing Coca
Cultivation of coca for cocaine production continued to spread to new municipalities in Honduras in 2024, suggesting that what may…
Montes Bobadilla
The Montes Bobadilla clan is a Honduran drug trafficking organization based in the remote village of Francia, in Honduras’ northern…