As dozens of deported migrants pack into a sweltering airport facility in San Pedro Sula, Norma sits under fluorescent lights clutching a foam cup of coffee and a small plate of eggs – all that was waiting for her in Honduras. “We’re praying for God’s protection because we don’t expect anything from the government.” Now, as US President-elect Donald Trump …
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Black feathers fell from circling vultures and snagged in the matted yellow grass. Brooks County Sheriff Urbino “Benny” Martinez photographs the fingerprints, which were sent to the Salvadoran consulate and used to identify Rosario Yanira Girón de Orellana. “When she would call me, I would tell her the life is very different here,” recalled Rosario’s older sister Maria Huezo, 42, …
Thousands in US-bound migrant caravan were returned to Honduras this month, but many say they will try again. “The crisis in Honduras is a permanent crisis,” said Isabella Orellana, a sociologist and former dean of the San Pedro Sula campus of the National Autonomous University of Honduras, the country’s public university. “It was largely people helping other people out.” Many …