Honduras

Tonight, we’re taking a look at the border crisis from the viewpoint of a young boy who made the six-month journey from Honduras to Texas mostly on foot. Now, he’s retracing his footsteps with help from his teacher. NBC 5’s Candace Sweat has the story.

Preventing dengue fever has long meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now, scientists are promoting a potentially more effective way to control the disease with the help of mosquitoes.

Women at a prison in Honduras had complained for weeks about threats from gang members. The gang fulfilled those threats, slaughtering 41 women, officials said.

A grisly riot at a women’s prison in Honduras has left at least 41 women dead, most burned to death, in violence the country’s president blames on “mara” street gangs that often wield broad power inside penitentiaries.

Honduras established formal relations with China in March, becoming the latest in a string of countries to break diplomatic ties with Taiwan.

The mother of a 17-year-old boy who died this week in U.S. immigration custody demanded answers from American officials Friday, saying her son had no known illnesses and had not shown any signs of being sick before his death.

The beautiful life Wilson Garcia, an Honduran immigrant, had built for his wife and three children was shattered when his neighbor burst into his Cleveland, Texas, home on April 28 and fatally shot five people, including his wife and 9-year-old son.

A mass shooting that killed five people, including a 9-year-old boy, at a home in a rural Texas community has left a trail of anguish and sorrow that extends to Honduras and includes two newly orphaned children.