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Honduras llora: dolor y luto durante la despedida de agentes fallecidos en masacre
La Policía Nacional de Honduras despidió este viernes a 4 de los 5 agentes de la Dirección Policial Anti Maras y Pandillas Contra el Crimen Organizado (DIPAMPCO) cuyas vidas terminaron en una masacre ocurrida el jueves en la zona de Corinto, municipio de Omoa, Cortés, según informó el medio HCH. La escena, marcada por el silencio y el dolor, reunió a familiares, compañeros y altos mandos que rindieron homenaje a quienes fallecieron en el cumplimiento de su deber.
Leonel Alejandro Valdés Núñez, Dailyn Francisco Elvir Quintanilla, Josué Amador Herrera (subcomisario) y Emerson Josué Canales Funes, fueron recordados tanto por sus compañeros como sus familiares, quienes no pudieron contener las lágrimas.
Por su parte, de acuerdo con Televicentro Noticias, el agente Nils Macklin Eguigure Benavides continúa en la morgue del Ministerio Público de San Pedro Sula, sujeto a exámenes forenses especiales debido a las severas lesiones que sufrió. Según los últimos reportes, su cuerpo presentó desmembramiento, quemaduras y señales de extrema violencia, lo que llevó a las autoridades a intensificar las investigaciones para esclarecer las circunstancias exactas de su muerte.
Dan último adiós a 4 de los 5 agentes policiales fallecidos durante una masacre en Honduras. (Cortesía: HCH)
Los cinco integrantes de la DIPAMPCO murieron durante una acción policial en Corinto, al norte de Honduras, al intentar ejecutar una operación contra estructuras criminales.
Testimonios recogido por HCH y confirmados por otros medios locales indican que el operativo en el que fallecieron los agentes tenía como objetivo la captura de presuntos integrantes de organizaciones criminales que operan en la región fronteriza con Guatemala. En el caso de los agentes caídos, la misión habría partido originalmente hacia el departamento de Colón, pero el grupo terminó desplazándose hasta Omoa, donde se desencadenó el enfrentamiento.
La sede central de la DIPAMPCO, ubicada en Tegucigalpa, fue escenario de escenas de dolor. Los féretros alineados, cada uno identificado con una fotografía de los agentes en vida, ocuparon el centro del salón. Las imágenes, cuidadosamente colocadas sobre los ataúdes, permitieron a familiares y compañeros reconocer y honrar a quienes perdieron la vida en el operativo de Corinto.
Miembros de la DIPAMPCO, visiblemente afectados, permanecieron de pie junto a los féretros, mostrando respeto y solidaridad en uno de los momentos más difíciles que ha atravesado la institución en los últimos años. Las lágrimas de los presentes reflejaron el impacto de la pérdida y la cercanía que existía entre los agentes caídos y sus compañeros.
En medio del acto, se realizó una misa de despedida. Un sacerdote ofreció oraciones por el descanso de los policías, pidiendo consuelo para las familias y fortaleza para el cuerpo policial.
El impacto del crimen no solo afectó a la institución policial. La noticia provocó una oleada de consternación en la sociedad hondureña. Diversos sectores manifestaron su pesar y exigieron justicia ante la violencia que cobró la vida de los cinco policías.
Las autoridades hondureñas, reiteraron el compromiso de proseguir con las investigaciones y fortalecer la presencia policial en la zona norte, donde la actividad criminal continúa representando un desafío para la seguridad nacional.
La Secretaría de Seguridad anunció la suspensión de altos mandos de la DIPAMPCO mientras avanza la investigación, con el objetivo de determinar las responsabilidades y esclarecer los motivos que llevaron a los agentes a ingresar en una zona de alto riesgo sin el respaldo de los protocolos institucionales.
El país mantiene el luto y la vigilancia, mientras las familias de los agentes caídos reciben el apoyo de la comunidad y del cuerpo policial.
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As pervasive fraud schemes continue to sweep across the U.S., a group that seeks to preserve economic freedoms at the state level says that former President Joe Biden’s policies were a main driver for the proliferation of the issue.
OJ Oleka, CEO of the State Financial Officers Foundation, said «relaxed controls» during the last administration opened the door to widespread fraud and misuse of taxpayer dollars. And state treasurers are now leading the fight to strengthen oversight and reclaim funds for the American people.
«This isn’t a partisan statement, but it is a true statement to say that this kind of exploded during the Biden administration,» Oleka told Fox News Digital. «A lot of the controls were turned off. A lot of states who have the philosophy that ‘more government is good’ just simply turned on the spigots and allowed anybody to get access to any benefit.»
Speaking from SFOF’s annual conference in Clearwater, Florida, Oleka said fraud has become so deeply embedded in government programs that it’s now «a feature in the system, not a bug.»
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Former President Joe Biden speaks to a crowd during a fundraising event with the South Carolina Democratic Party at the Columbia Museum of Art on Feb. 27, 2026 in Columbia, S.C. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
SFOF’s first-ever Oversight Report for 2025 found that affiliated state financial officers protected and returned $28 billion to taxpayers last year, uncovering $5.7 billion in waste, fraud and abuse. They, meanwhile, generated or returned another $22.3 billion through investment earnings and unclaimed property programs.
«We say that fraud actually has an industry in this country,» Oleka said. «What we’re trying to do is root out the fraud industrial complex that exists within our government programs. That’s the biggest challenge.»
He pointed to weak eligibility requirements during Biden’s time in office — and sometimes no requirements at all — exploding the instances of fraud.
«Then practically anybody can have access to the benefits — people who don’t need them, people who don’t deserve them, people who aren’t even eligible for them,» he lamented.
President Donald Trump this year tapped Vice President JD Vance to lead a nationwide «War on Fraud.» It stemmed from the highly scrutinized Minnesota «Feeding Our Future» scheme, which allegedly defrauded the government out of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Oleka praised the Trump administration’s anti-fraud efforts, and in a February letter to the White House told Vance that SFOF members are «allies already on the battlefield» ready to help protect taxpayer dollars.
«The beauty of what’s happening now is you’ve got the Vice President and the task force and our state financial officers rooting to get this stuff out,» he said. «That’s the goal: you get it out root and branch, you stop it from being in the system, and you make a benefit system that actually works again for the American people.»
But, he said, future administrations need to continue the crack-down if Americans want to see lasting change.
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Democratic Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a news conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Jan. 6, 2026. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune)
The SFOF is also working directly with members of Congress, including House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and state officials to ensure fraud is addressed beyond the Trump administration, according to Oleka.
He also would like to see some of the changes cemented through executive order.
«You’ve got a system that is allowing you to do the things that you’re doing, but it’s clearly unethical, it’s clearly wrong, and you saw a lot of this actually take off during the Biden-era,» Oleka said.
Massive fraud was recently exposed in California, Maine and Ohio, where he said Democratic leaders failed to act because they «don’t have the political will to stop the fraud.»
A multi-million dollar hospice fraud scheme in California was uncovered, while a Maine health services company was accused by a whistleblower of misusing millions in Medicaid funds in December. In Columbus, Ohio, hundreds of home health companies that shared the same addresses and operated out of vacant or poorly maintained properties were found to have billed the federal government more than $250 million in Medicaid spending.
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(OJ Oleka for Fox News Digital)
«We’ve seen it in Minnesota, we’ve seen it in California, Maine and Ohio, all across the country,» Oleka said. «But what you also see are state financial officers who are standing up for the American people. What you also see is Chairman Comer standing up for the American people. You also see the Vice President and the task force and the President of the United States standing up for the American people.»
He insisted that taxpayers should not be on the hook to foot the bill for fraud.
«The American people do not benefit when there is a system that’s giving out their money to people who don’t deserve it and who don’t need it,» he said.
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Oleka argued that the push to end fraud goes hand-in-hand with lowering costs for Americans.
«Our folks not only talked about fraud, but also about how they can help lead the fight to make things more affordable for the American people,» he said. «As a result, the tone of the conference was hopeful.»
Fox News Digital reached out to Biden’s office for comment.
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Graham Platner, the Democrat’s presumptive nominee for Senate in Maine, described the United States Army as «absolute trash» and «full of fat, lazy trash who would rather not be in uniform» in posts on his now-deleted Reddit account.
«I spent another 4 in the Army after the Corps, and while I was very lucky to serve in some sh–t hot units with good dudes, as a whole the organization is absolute trash,» Platner wrote in April 2019. «I am not one to totally bad mouth the Army. It does have some squared away fighting units and good guys, as well as some better doctrine here and there. But it is absolutely lacking in the warrior ethos and leadership obsession that the Corps has, and generally attracts a lower standard of person.»
The resurfaced posts include a separate 2019 comment about wounded Army veteran Teddy Daniels, who was shot by the Taliban and later awarded the Purple Heart. In that post, Platner criticized Daniels’ battlefield tactics and wrote that the «dumb motherf—er didn’t deserve to live.»
Platner’s comments about Daniels and other now-deleted Reddit posts — including posts in which he used slurs, demeaned white rural Americans and identified as a Marxist — have become a major campaign issue in the Maine Senate race, where he seeks to unseat GOP incumbent Sen. Susan Collins.
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Senate candidate Graham Platner, D-Maine, speaks at a town hall at the Franco Center in Lewiston, Maine, on Oct. 15, 2025. (Libby Kenny/Sun Journal via AP)
Platner served in the Marine Corps and the Maryland Army National Guard, where he completed multiple combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is not uncommon for members of one branch of the armed forces to be harshly critical of other branches.
«The Army does things differently, and as a whole, they do things much worse,» Platner wrote in March 2019. «As an organization it’s awful. Full of fat, lazy trash who would rather not be in uniform.»
Platner wasn’t exclusively negative, as he praised the Army for having «some solid light infantry, reconnaissance, and SOF units that are s— hot, as well as access to some great schools.»
He was also open about the necessity of internal criticism within the armed forces.
«Civilians can be as dumb f–k ret—ed as they want, but WE have a duty to be brutally honest,» Platner wrote in 2013. «I want civilians to think our ability to fight is unmatched, but I also want us to be brutal in our internal criticism.»
Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks at a news conference Thursday, April 30, 2026, in Lewiston, Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP PHoto)
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The Washington Free Beacon first reported on Platner’s disparaging comments directed towards the Army.
The posts were made under the Reddit account «P-Hustle,» which Platner has previously acknowledged as his.
«I’m sorry for this. Just know that it’s not reflective at all of who I am,» Platner said of his resurfaced Reddit posts back in October. «I don’t want you to judge me on the dumbest thing I ever wrote on the internet. I would prefer if people could judge me on the person I am today.»
Graham Platner, a U.S. Marine and Army veteran and oyster farmer, launched a Democratic run for the U.S. Senate in Maine in August. (Graham Platner campaign)
In 2019, Platner reacted to a video of an American soldier being shot by the Taliban by stating that the «dumb motherf—er didn’t deserve to live.» Platner’s post criticized the soldier, who was later awarded the Purple Heart, for utilizing poor tactics.
The Senate hopeful’s commentary has attracted criticism from some other veterans.
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«We don’t make jokes about our brothers and sisters dying, that’s not something we do, that’s not normal,» Adam Schwarze, a former Navy SEAL and Marine veteran running for Senate as a Republican in Minnesota, said of Platner.
Graham Platner, left, pictured alongside Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, right. (Graeme Sloan/Getty Images; Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
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Platner attributes his behavior to psychological trauma he developed from being deployed to the Middle East, as well as the «crude humor» he had gotten used to while in the Marines.
The Senate hopeful’s controversial statements about the military haven’t been confined to Reddit.
During a 2024 podcast interview, Platner implied that deceased Navy SEAL Chris Kyle killed civilians to inflate his numbers.
«[Kyle’s] stories about how many people he was shooting certainly tracked with the behavior I witnessed,» Platner said. «It’s relatively easy to get high numbers like that if you’re a little less discriminating in your fire than, say, a more professional unit would be.»
He also accused Navy SEALs of being generally incompetent on his Reddit account, though he had kind words for the Army Rangers.
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«Graham Platner’s vicious attacks on wounded service members and open contempt for the Army are disgusting and disqualifying,» National Republican Senatorial Committee press secretary Bernadette Breslin told Fox News Digital. «The more we learn about him, the more his top Democrat allies like Elizabeth Warren are forced to dodge questions on why they ever supported him in the first place.»
The Platner campaign did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Thursday.
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