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Latino USA

Gangs, Murder, and Migration in Honduras

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.93.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

We start today’s episode at El Edén—the center in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, where child migrants are processed after being deported from Mexico and elsewhere. Then, before diving into the reasons why Hondurans leave for Mexico and the United States, Maria Hinojosa and Latino USA producer Marlon Bishop talk about some of the history of Honduras.

This story was produced in association with Round Earth Media. German Andino, in Honduras, co-reported this story with Marlon.

This Peabody award-winning episode originally aired in 2014.

Transcript

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0:44.0

Hola Latino USA listener.

0:47.0

So today we're going to continue our look back at 30 years of pretty impactful journalism by the team at Latino USA.

0:55.0

This week we're going to air gangs, murder and migration in Honduras.

1:01.0

Our piece first aired in 2014 and it would go on to win a Peabody Award.

1:07.0

And dear listener in this episode, there is a mention of an incident of sexual violence just so you know.

1:15.0

From Futuro Media and PRX, it's Latino USA.

1:21.0

I'm Maria Inoposa.

1:24.0

Today we're taking you to Honduras to take a deep dive into the roots of migration to the United States.

1:39.0

So many miners are deported to Honduras these days that there's a special compound that was built just to receive them.

1:45.0

It's in San Pedro Sula made up of a few buildings surrounded by a big red wall.

1:50.0

Outside that wall, it's a pretty festive scene.

1:58.0

It's Friday afternoon and a bus full of deportees from Mexico just came in.

2:02.0

Their family members weighed outside to pick them up.

2:05.0

Jose Hernandez is there. He holds a single light blue balloon and wears a pressed shirt looking like he belongs at a baby shower.

2:13.0

Jose is here to pick up his wife and kids.

2:18.0

Just 15 days ago, he waived goodbye to them as they took off on a journey north towards the United States.

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