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2024 in Honduras

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2024
in
Honduras

Decades:
See also:

Events of 2024 in Honduras.

Incumbents[edit]

Events[edit]

  • 20 February – Former President Juan Orlando Hernández goes on trial in the United States on drug trafficking and weapons charges.[2]
  • 28 February – At least 17 people are killed after two buses collide in San Juan de Opoa, Copán.[3]
  • 8 March – Juan Orlando Hernández is found guilty of drug trafficking charges in a federal court in New York City.[4]
  • 15 June – Honduran President Xiomara Castro announces new measures to reduce gang activity, including building a 20,000-capacity "megaprison" and plans to designate gang members as terrorists.[5]

Holidays[edit]

Source:[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Xiomara Castro toma posesión como nueva presidenta de Honduras" [Xiomara Castro takes office as the new president of Honduras]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). 27 January 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Honduran ex-president accused of running country as a 'narco-state' to stand trial". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  3. ^ "Bus Crash Leaves 17 Dead". Reuters. February 28, 2023.
  4. ^ "Former president of Honduras convicted in US of aiding drug traffickers". AP News. 2024-03-08. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  5. ^ "Honduras to build 20,000-inmate 'megaprison' as part of gang crackdown". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
  6. ^ "Honduras Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 20 November 2023.

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