Donald Trump defended pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, sentenced to 45 years in prison for drug trafficking last year in the U.S.

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) – Inside one of Honduras’ most dangerous and overcrowded prisons, inmates operate a free-market bazaar, selling everything from iPhones to prostitutes. It’s more like a fenced-in town than a conventional prison, where ...

A year ago this month, William Brownfield, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics & Law Enforcement, toured a police training site in Honduras and heard assurances from officials there that with U.S. help they’d improve the ...

Prison population was over capacity. MIAMI -- Feb. 15, 2012— -- One of the deadliest prison fires in history tore through an overcrowded prison in Honduras overnight, killing as many as 350 inmates -- nearly half the facility's population. Many of the ...

MEXICO CITY — An attempted prisonbreak early Thursday in Honduras left two inmates dead and three injured, authorities said. The Latin American country has long been plagued by gang violence and overcrowded prisons. According to officials, a total of 72 ...