2024 in Honduras
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Incumbents
[edit]- President: Xiomara Castro[1]
- First Vice President: Salvador Nasralla
- Second Vice President: Doris Gutiérrez
- Third Vice President: Renato Florentino
- President of the National Congress: Luis Redondo
Events
[edit]February
[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]
March
[edit]- 8 March – Juan Orlando Hernández is found guilty of drug trafficking charges in a federal court in New York City.[4]
June
[edit]- 15 June – 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]
- 26 June – Former President Juan Orlando Hernández is sentenced to 45 years in prison and fined $8 million for drug trafficking and firearms offences by a U.S. federal court.[6]
August
[edit]- 1 August – Former National Police of Honduras commander Juan Carlos Bonilla Valladares is sentenced to 19 years in prison for drug trafficking by a U.S. federal court.[7]
- 21 August – Honduras reports five suspected cases of the new mpox clade.[8]
- 28 August – Honduras announces that it would end its extradition treaty with the United States that had been in place since 1912 following criticism by US ambassador Laura Dogu of a meeting between Honduran and Venezuelan officials.[9]
September
[edit]- 14 September – Juan Lopez, an environmental activist who protested against open-pit iron ore mining in a forest reserve, is shot dead in Tocoa, Colón.[10]
- 19 September – Two inmates are killed while three others are injured in an attempted jailbreak at a men's prison in Támara.[11]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[12]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 28 –30 March – Holy Week
- 14 April – Americas Day
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 15 September – Independence Day
- 3 October – Francisco Morazán Birthday
- 12 October – Day of the Race
- 21 October – Army Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Honduran ex-president accused of running country as a 'narco-state' to stand trial". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "Bus Crash Leaves 17 Dead". Reuters. February 28, 2023.
- ^ "Former president of Honduras convicted in US of aiding drug traffickers". AP News. 2024-03-08. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ^ "Honduras to build 20,000-inmate 'megaprison' as part of gang crackdown". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ "Honduras ex-president sentenced to 45 years for helping drug traffickers". Al Jazeera. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Former Honduras national police chief gets 19 years in US prison for cocaine distribution". Associated Press. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Honduras investiga cinco supuestos casos de viruela símica dentro de una familia" (in Spanish). 2024-08-21. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "Honduras Says It Will End Extradition Treaty With United States". The New York Times. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Honduran anti-mining activist who fought to save forests, rivers is killed". France 24. 15 September 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ "Attempted prison escape in Honduras leaves 2 inmates dead and 3 injured". Associated Press. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "Honduras Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
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