Sources: BBC
Six people are killed and 26 others are injured in a mass shooting at a party in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico. The shooting's target, a cartel member, is among those killed. 2023-12-29
Six people are killed and two others are injured in a shootout between rival drug cartels in Villanueva, Zacatecas. After the encounter, authorities arrest a suspect and decommissions five assault rifles, grenades and ammunition.2023-12-13
Tropical Storm Iota strengthens in the Caribbean Sea and is expected to intensify in the coming hours, threatening many parts of Central America, including Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia. The storm is expected to grow into a hurricane. 2020-11-14
South Korea signs free trade agreements with the Central American countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama to eliminate duties on about 95% of traded goods and services. 2018-02-21
Gunmen dressed in police uniforms kill at least ten people in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa. 2016-03-5
Michele Leonhart announces her retirement as the Administrator of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration with concerns raised about her leadership following a prostitution scandal involving Agency officers having sex with prostitutes provided by drug cartels. 2015-04-21
Honduras declares a state of emergency after an outbreak of dengue fever kills 16 people and sickens 12,000. 2013-07-30
358 people perish in a fire at a Honduran prison in the city of Comayagua. Many others are injured. 2012-02-15
Mexican drug cartel leader Ezequiel Cardenas Guillén is shot dead by Mexican security forces in Matamoros following a gun fight of several hours. 2010-11-5
Tropical Storm Richard lashes Honduras's Caribbean Coast with heavy rain before becoming a hurricane and making landfall in Belize. 2010-10-24