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Weekly Report - 28 May 2026 (WR-26-21)
HONDURAS: Asfura faces security test
Last week Honduras’ 128-member unicameral legislature approved a package of legislation proposed by the conservative Partido Nacional (PN) government led by President Nasry Asfura, aimed at strengthening the fight against crime. Days later, two separate massacres shocked the country. One, which left 20 dead, was in Trujillo municipality, Colón department, in the northern Bajo Aguán region on the Caribbean coast – an area historically marked by agrarian conflict, impunity, and organised crime. The other, in Omoa municipality (Cortés), left six dead, including five security officials, during a police raid. While the separate attacks underline the variety of challenges facing the Asfura administration, which took office in January, the Bajo Aguán massacre has drawn particular condemnation, highlighting the failure of successive governments to address pervasive structural violence in the region which dates back decades.
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