Two of the most violent gangs in Honduras announced a truce on Tuesday under a church-brokered drive to stem a tide of violence that has turned Honduras into the world's most murderous country.

Honduran police said on Wednesday street gangs connected to violent Mexican drug cartels are responsible for the massacre of 17 people in a shoe shop in the industrial city of San Pedro Sula.

San Pedro Sula built up an unenviable reputation in the past as the most murderous city in Honduras -- itself part of Central America's notorious Northern Triangle, along with Guatemala and El ...

But it is a feat in some of the high risk neighbourhoods in San Pedro Sula, Honduras’ second city. On a sweltering afternoon, an elderly couple sit in the waiting room at the free health clinic ...