2012 in Honduras
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List of events in the year 2012 in Honduras.
Incumbents
[edit]- President - Porfirio Lobo
- Congress President - Juan Orlando Hernández
- Supreme Court President - Jorge Alberto Rivera Avilés
Events
[edit]- February 14: Comayagua prison fire: A fire inside the prison of Comayagua kills 364 inmates, is noted as the deadliest prison fire in history.[1]
- February 18: A massive fire destroys three markets in the center of Tegucigalpa, nine persons injured.[2]
- March 7: The Supreme Electoral Court inscribes Partido Anticorrupción as new political party.[3]
- March 29: A unrest and fire inside the San Pedro Sula kills 13 inmates.[4]
- May 15: The radio journalist Alfredo Villatoro is found dead in Tegucigalpa after being kidnapped 6 days before by six unknown people.[5]
- July 31: The wife of the Finance Minister Hector Guillén is arrested in Tegucigalpa with one million Lempiras (about $50.000).[6]
- November 18: Primary elections, Juan Orlando Hernández wins the candidature for National Party of Honduras and Mauricio Villeda wins in the Liberal Party of Honduras.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "BBC Mundo - Últimas Noticias - Reportes de más de 350 muertos en incendio en prisión de Honduras". www.bbc.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-09-24.
- ^ Molina, Efrain (2012-02-26). "Bomberos: mercados son de alto riesgo a incendios". Diario La Prensa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2017-05-11.
- ^ "Tribunal Electoral inscribe el partido de Salvador Nasralla". Diario La Prensa (in Spanish). 2012-03-07. Archived from the original on 2016-10-05.
- ^ "At least 13 dead in Honduran prison fire". CNN. 2012-03-30. Archived from the original on 2012-03-30.
- ^ Nelson Quinones and Elvin Sandoval (2012-05-16). "Another Honduran journalist slain". CNN. Archived from the original on 2012-05-16.
- ^ "Detienen esposa de secretario de Finanzas hondureño con un millón de …". ellibertador.hn. 2012-07-31. Archived from the original on 2013-02-17.
- ^ ""No fue sorpresa que Juan Orlando ganara elecciones": Lobo Sosa". latribuna.hn. 2012-12-01. Archived from the original on 2012-12-03. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- ^ "'Volando a la Presidencia' dice Villeda en Twitter, al declararse ganador en el Partido Liberal". Diario La Prensa.
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