Bloodshed on the Borderlands: Honduras' Lethal Cycle of Violence The recent wave of violence in northern Honduras has left at least 24 people dead, including four police officers, in two separate attacks.
These incidents highlight the country's entrenched cycle of bloodshed and come just as Honduras' Congress was approving a package of reforms aimed at curbing its alarming homicide rate.
Northern Honduras has long been plagued by agrarian conflict between rival gangs vying for control of palm plantations and lucrative drug trafficking routes.