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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]
Corruption in Honduras is a serious problem, affecting various aspects of governance and the Honduran society. Out of the 180 nations listed in the Transparency International’s 2023 corruption Index, it ranked 154th making it one of the lowest performing countries in the Latin American region.
On 24 November 2022, the government of Honduras declared a state of emergency regarding gang violence in the country. [6] On 3 December 2022, the government announced that some constitutional rights would be suspended in the cities of Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula to crack down on criminal gangs in those two cities, particularly Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and 18th Street Gang.
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.
During the 1980s, the organization "withstood harassment and intimidation by Honduran security forces". [5] Following testimony that CODEH regional director in northern Honduras, Miguel Ángel Pavón Salazar, gave against the Honduran government in October 1987 before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR), he was shot dead on 14 January 1988.
However, even though the aid has been constant since 2009, in the summer of 2016 there was a bill introduced in Congress to cut the funding given to Honduras. The reason behind the suspension of the aid is the corruption and human rights violations that the money causes when given to the military or the police. [35] [9]
International human rights organizations have stated that the military Government has targeted LGBT people for harassment, abuse and murder. [5] In June 2013, a transsexual woman was given asylum in Spain after a police officer had tried to assassinate her in Honduras. [27]
Serious issues involving human rights in Honduras through the end of 2013 include unlawful and arbitrary killings by police and others, corruption and institutional weakness of the justice system, and harsh and at times life-threatening prison conditions.