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On 20 June 2023, a prison riot broke out in the Women's Center for Social Adaptation, [a] a women's prison located in Támara, Honduras, about 29 km (18 mi) northwest from Tegucigalpa, the nation's capital. The riot is suspected to be the result of a conflict between female members of the MS-13 and 18th Street gangs. [1]
The Honduran government took significant steps to investigate and punish human trafficking crimes during the reporting year. Honduras prohibits trafficking for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation through Article 149 of its penal code and an anti-trafficking statute enacted in February 2006, but does not prohibit trafficking for the purpose of labor exploitation.
Armenia is accredited to Honduras from its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico. Honduras is accredited to Armenia from its embassy in Moscow, Russia. China: 26 March 2023: See China–Honduras relations. Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 March 2023. [103] India: 28 September 1994: See Honduras–India relations
October 18, 2023 at 12:27 PM MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says the leaders of Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti and Honduras will attend a summit on migration that Mexico will host Sunday.
March 25 – Honduras switches its formal diplomatic recognition of "China" from the Republic of China to the People's Republic of China. [ 3 ] June 20 – At least 41 women are killed in a riot at a women's prison in the town of Támara.
Other human rights NGOs, including the Center for the Investigation and Defense of Human Rights in Honduras for the western region of Honduras, the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras (CODEH), and the Civic Council of Grassroots and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras , were also created.
In 18 February 2013 the Committee of Families of Disappeared Detainees in Honduras informed Reporters Without Borders of the accusations made by the commander of the Joint Task Force Xatruch against various journalists, human rights activists, and representatives of social movements who reported about the events taking place in the militarized ...
Many of the human rights violations discussed in this article are committed by Mexico's Armed Forces. The Mexican government allows the Armed Forces to play a large part in the drug war, despite the fact that the Mexican Constitution restricts the Armed Forces to functioning only connected to military discipline in peace times.