Security & Strategic Review - October 2012 (ISSN 1741-4202)

There is growing apprehension in Honduras that criminal violence, already high, may increase as the primary elections scheduled for 18 November draw closer. Already in October there has been a string of incidents with political connections. Liberal legislator Freddy Nájera narrowly escaped an attempt on his life. Rigoberto Méndez, husband of deputy health minister, Miriam Paz, was shot dead. A relative of Nájera, the father of a mayoral candidate and a third person were killed in a single episode.

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