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Gobierno de Honduras lanza estrategia contra economías criminales en medio de repunte de homicidios

El ministro de Seguridad, Gerzon Velásquez, reveló que el Estado hondureño pone en marcha un plan integral orientado a atacar directamente las economías del crimen organizado.
“No solamente se está capturando gente, les estamos quitando su logística, su dinero y sus bienes”, afirma el funcionario.
La estrategia, prevista para el período 2026-2030, se sustenta en tres pilares: control territorial en zonas de alta incidencia, ataques a las economías criminales y fortalecimiento de la investigación e inteligencia.
Velásquez explica que el control territorial se basa en pruebas y análisis de datos, mientras que el componente financiero busca desarticular la logística de las estructuras delictivas mediante el decomiso de bienes y activos.
El anuncio ocurre en medio de un aumento de la violencia. La ASJ reporta al menos 624 homicidios hasta el 10 de abril de 2026, un incremento del 5 % frente al año anterior. Honduras permanece entre los países más violentos de la región. La extorsión, el narcotráfico y el control territorial de pandillas permanecen como factores clave en la dinámica criminal.

Especialistas en seguridad consideran que atacar las finanzas del crimen organizado es una estrategia necesaria, pero advierten que no puede funcionar de manera aislada.
Las acciones represivas requieren apoyo en inteligencia, investigación y fortalecimiento institucional, ya que las estructuras criminales suelen reorganizarse de manera rápida si no se golpean por completo sus redes.
El analista Fernando Gonzáles sostiene que muchas estrategias actuales en la región responden a modelos de “mano dura”, similares a los implementados en otros países, aunque enfatiza la necesidad de adaptación al contexto local.
Otros expertos agregan que la falta de políticas integrales y sostenidas limita los resultados, destacando que el combate al crimen organizado exige no solo operativos policiales, sino también medidas sociales y económicas de prevención.
A nivel regional, especialistas consultados aseguran que el crimen organizado evoluciona hacia estructuras más complejas y diversificadas, por lo que las respuestas estatales deben ser igualmente integrales, combinando control territorial, inteligencia financiera y cooperación internacional.
Entre los principales retos para el plan de seguridad figuran la sostenibilidad en el tiempo, la coordinación entre instituciones estatales, la lucha contra la corrupción e impunidad y el respeto a los derechos humanos en los operativos.

Pruebas recientes muestran que medidas como los estados de excepción generan resultados mixtos, pues logran reducciones parciales de la violencia y provocan cuestionamientos sobre su efectividad e impacto. Esta herramienta sigue siendo cuestionada por organismos de derechos humanos, que sostienen que “el estado de excepción sin resultados precisos limita los derechos ciudadanos”, según las observaciones de la organización Cristosal.
El Gobierno afirma que la estrategia busca reducir los índices delictivos, recuperar la paz y la confianza ciudadana. Analistas coinciden en que el éxito depende de la implementación efectiva, la transparencia institucional y la capacidad estatal de desarticular integralmente las redes criminales que operan en el país.
El contexto en el que surge esta estrategia refleja una problemática estructural. Datos del Observatorio de la Violencia de la UNAH señalan que Honduras continúa enfrentando altos niveles de criminalidad, pese a reducciones registradas en años recientes.
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Ex-Dem fundraiser torches Biden as book launch implodes: ‘No one wants to read’

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Lindy Li, a former top Democratic fundraiser, believes President Joe Biden is only doing himself a disservice by promising the public another explanation of why he decided to run for re-election in 2024 despite mounting concerns about his age and cognitive performance.
In her view, Biden’s upcoming memoir, «Promise Me, America,» will only serve to reopen painful wounds that Democrats have struggled to move past since the 2024 election loss. In a way, she believes the book is a bit of a microcosm of Biden’s presidency.
«They’re thinking, ‘Why can’t you just shut the f— up?’ Prior to me leaving the party, they wanted nothing to do with this guy. It was so bad that when, finally, Biden exited on July 21, there was no goodbye party other than a staffer one in the Rose Garden. There was nothing,» Li said.
«Jill has him writing books that no one wants to read instead of fully enjoying his retirement,» Li said, referring to Jill Biden, the former first lady.
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Former President Biden was dogged throughout his term by rumors of his purported cognitive decline. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
«Just like she had him out running for president — a presidency that no one wanted, not even Democrats — instead of enjoying his retirement. He should have been in retirement 10, 20 years ago, but they need the money.»
Biden described his upcoming book in a post to X Wednesday morning.
«It’s about the challenges we face as a nation. About the decisions I made and why I made them,» Biden said, igniting mockery on social media. «It’s about why I chose to run for reelection and why I chose to step aside.»
«The first lie of Joe Biden’s book launch: ‘I’ve written a book,’» conservative communicator Steve Guest wrote.
«Joe Biden couldn’t sign his own pardons. Now he’s ‘written’ a book, which Democrats forced him to release after the midterms so he wouldn’t be in the news to remind people how bad he was,» wrote Outkick founder Clay Travis. «Who in the world is buying this book?»
«Who do we think wrote this book,» Daily Wire editor-in-chief Brent Scher wondered.
«Did the autopen write this too,» Missouri Republican Rep. Jason Smith questioned.
Li, who is publishing a new book of her own, «Unburdened,» later this year, was privy to many of the party’s internal discussions, research and panic behind the scenes, which indicated Biden enjoyed only shaky support even among his own camp long before he ultimately dropped out of the 2024 election.
BIDEN BOOK LAUNCH BACKFIRES AS CRITICS MOCK ‘AUTOPEN’ PRESIDENT INTO OBLIVION

Lindy Li, a former Democratic fundraiser, poses for a picture with former President Joe Biden at a 2023 campaign event. (Lindy Li)
In light of what she knows, Li doubts there is a way for Biden to spin his exit that won’t do further harm to his own image, an image his campaign went to great lengths to protect.
Li recalled how the Biden campaign confiscated her phone at a 2023 event.
«The [Democratic National Committee] was routinely confiscating the phones of top donors with social media followings,» Li said, referring to a party fundraising and campaign group.
«They took away my phone because they knew I was a prolific tweeter. And I posted something on Instagram that night, and a finance director from the DNC called me at around 10 or 11 that same night to instruct me to delete everything from Instagram about Biden that I posted that day.
«The reason is because [Biden] seemed infirm. He seemed weak.»
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Lindy Li, a former Democratic fundraiser, and former President Joe Biden (Lindy Li; Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
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Now on this side of his presidency, Li believes he will further aggravate Democrats who have wanted to move past the 2024 election and reignite questions of why Biden wasn’t asked to step aside sooner.
«It’s very clear they were trying to hide the fact that instead of having a candidate they could be proud of, they were busy hiding a candidate that they were deeply ashamed of,» she added.
Fox News’ Ashley DiMella contributed to this report
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WATCH: Russian soldier thrown through air as Soviet-era helicopter gun spins out of control

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President Donald Trump said he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to reach an agreement to end the war in Ukraine, even as Moscow warned Wednesday that Western troops deployed to enforce any eventual peace deal would become Russian military targets.
«I say, ‘Vladimir, it’s time for you to stop. It’s time for this war to end,’» Trump told Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst in an interview released Tuesday.
Trump said he believed Putin was «ready to make a deal» to end the fighting.
ANOTHER NATO ALLY SIGNS ONTO EUROPEAN NUCLEAR UMBRELLA AS CONTINENT BOOSTS SELF-DEFENSE
Meanwhile, fighting continued across Ukraine and Russian-occupied territory.
The intensifying drone war has forced both militaries to search for additional ways to intercept unmanned aircraft, sometimes using weapons designed decades before modern drones emerged.
A video supplied by East2West shows a Russian soldier apparently losing control of a Soviet-era YakB-12.7 rotary machine gun mounted on an improvised ground platform.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump meet in 2019, before their relationship began to sour. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
The weapon begins spinning violently, dragging the service member around before throwing him several yards from the mounting. Another soldier ducks as the gun swings in his direction.
East2West reported that no one was injured, though Fox News Digital has not independently verified the location, date or circumstances of the footage.
The four-barrel machine gun was originally developed for use aboard the Soviet-designed Mi-24 Hind attack helicopter. Russian forces have reportedly attempted to repurpose such weapons as ground-based defenses against Ukrainian drones, East2West news reported.
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An explosion lights up the sky over the city during a Russian missile and drone strike amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine in Kyiv July 2, 2026. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters)
On Wednesday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said any multinational force deployed by Ukraine’s allies after a ceasefire would be unacceptable to Moscow.
«We would regard such units as legitimate military targets,» Zakharova said, according to a Reuters report published Wednesday.
Members of the Western «coalition of the willing» reaffirmed at a meeting in Paris this week that they intend to deploy a multinational force after hostilities end. The proposed force would seek to reassure Ukraine and help Kyiv rebuild its military.
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Ukraine’s military said Wednesday that its forces struck the Balaklava thermal power station in Russian-occupied Crimea, a facility that accounts for nearly half of the peninsula’s electricity generation, according to Reuters.
Russia, meanwhile, launched another major drone and missile attack against Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, killing three people, regional Governor Oleh Kiper said. He said civilian, industrial and port infrastructure had been targeted during five consecutive days of Russian attacks.

Emergency services personnel work to extinguish a vehicle fire after a Russian drone attack in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, May 5, 2026. (Ukrainian Emergency Service/AP)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also said Wednesday that Ukraine expects to develop the technical capability to manufacture missiles for U.S.-made Patriot air-defense systems by the end of 2026.
Reuters contributed to this story.
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