Suspected drunk driver in Nashville crash is an illegal Honduran immigrant

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A man accused of killing a woman in Nashville while allegedly driving under the influence is an illegal immigrant from Honduras. Earlier this month, Metro Nashville Police Department reported Julio Ceasar Herrera Gonzalez...

After six months in ICE custody, Charlotte woman chooses voluntary removal to Honduras

A 20-year-old Honduran woman who has lived in the Charlotte area for more than a decade will soon be removed from the U.S. after choosing voluntary removal following months in custody. Allison Bustillo-Chinchilla has been in U.S. Immigration and...

Three Honduran nationals charged with fentanyl trafficking following arrests in downtown Portland

Scott E. Bradford, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon | Official websiteScott E. Bradford, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon | Official website Three Honduran nationals living unlawfully in Oregon appeared in federal court after being...

Three Hondurans In Oregon Illegally Arrested For Trafficking Fentanyl In Portland

PORTLAND, OR – Three Honduran nationals in the U.S. illegally, and who were living in Oregon, made their first appearances in federal court on August 25th after being arrested and charged for trafficking fentanyl in downtown Portland earlier in...

“We’re Not Going To Be Like Cuba,” Promises an Honduran Minister Indoctrinated on the Island

Educational programs exported by Havana arouse suspicions of ideological manipulation. Luther Castillo Harry has had a close and public relationship with Cuba since 1999. / Cubadebate 14ymedio, Havana, 21 August 2025 — Honduras and Colombia are...

Honduras’ LIBRE Party Calls for Mass Rally Amid Political Tensions

LIBRE’s presidential candidate Rixi Moncada (C). X/ @RixiPresidenta August 19, 2025 Hour: 11:06 am On Monday, Honduras’ ruling Liberty and Refoundation Party (LIBRE) announced that it will hold a historic mobilization on Aug. 30 in the San Pedro...

How ICE Turned Venezuelan Migrants Into Enemies of the State

The plane took off from Texas just before five-thirty on the evening of March 15th. By then, Yoderlyn Daviana Acosta Peña, a twenty-one-year-old from Caracas, had been wearing chains around her ankles and wrists for ten hours. Her skin was cut and...

DHS can proceed with ending TPS protections for Nicaragua, Honduras, and Nepal

On August 20, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit stayed a district court’s order postponing the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Nicaraguan, Honduran and Nepalese nationals. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security had...

Houston mother fears deportation as TPS protections end for Nicaragua and Honduras

A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for people from Nepal, Honduras, and Nicaragua. The ruling affects more than 61,000 immigrants nationwide — including thousands of...

TPS for Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua: Another Shift in the Legal Winds

No action is required just yet, but employers and stakeholders should be aware of a significant development in the ongoing litigation surrounding Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua. We expect an update from US...

Madre en Houston teme deportación tras fallo que pone fin a protecciones de TPS para Nicaragua y Honduras

HOUSTON – Un tribunal federal de apelaciones autorizó al gobierno de Donald Trump a poner fin al Estatus de Protección Temporal, conocido como TPS, para personas de Nepal, Honduras y Nicaragua. La decisión afecta a más de 61,000 inmigrantes en...

A Houston mother held by ICE must choose: indefinite detention or be deported without her family

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. HOUSTON — At a Pentecostal church in a shopping center just north of the city, the pastor called the children toward the...

From Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to trade wars: Navigating the 2025 Honduran elections amid U.S.-China rivalry.

November 2025 elections will determine whether Honduras continues under Libre’s reformist but scandal-affected governance, shifts to conservative National Party leadership, or elects a centrist reformist alternative—each with distinct implications...

Tim Kaine on the Origin of Rights

Virginia Senator Tim Kaine’s remarks that the idea rights come from God is a “theocratic” notion representative of the mindset of Iranian ayatollahs is the latest controversy lighting up social media. One might be tempted to dismiss it as...

Monday Starter: In the wake of shootings, US sisters say, 'We must act'

In the wake of the Aug. 27 shootings that killed two young students of Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Catholic sisters in the U.S. are addressing the issue of gun violence. "Our response can no longer be 'thoughts and prayers'...

Honduran national charged with illegal reentry, faces up to two years in prison

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Rigoberto Osorio-Merlo, a 49-year-old Honduran national, appeared in court on Friday to face charges of illegally reentering the United States after being previously deported. Osorio-Merlo is charged with one count of being a...

Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez addresses Venezuela-Honduras concerns in recent social media posts

Seven elections will determine the future of Latin America

Latin America’s 2025-2026 elections may shift the region rightward, with polls showing the Sao Paulo Forum’s leftist candidates facing defeats. La Paz, Bolivia, Aug. 17: A screen displays the initial results of the Bolivian presidential election....

Hoof Beats: Trail riding in Belize

When my new husband, an anthropologist, said he wanted a year-long honeymoon in the rain forest of British Honduras, now Belize, to study the Kekchi Maya, I said yes. I was 20 years old, a sophomore at the University of Michigan, and an agnostic....

Honduran man sentenced to 18 months in Iowa for illegal reentry after 2020 deportation

DES MOINES, Iowa — A Honduran man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for illegally returning to the United States after being deported. Mario Fernando Padilla Barahona, 28, was sentenced Aug. 8 in the Southern District of Iowa....