On the Radar: Brazil’s Anti-Crime Push, an Arrest in Honduras, and Colombia’s Total Peace Gamble

On the Radar: Brazil’s Anti-Crime Push, an Arrest in Honduras, and Colombia’s Total Peace Gamble

On the Radar: Brazil’s Anti-Crime Push, an Arrest in Honduras, and Colombia’s Total Peace Gamble This week in On the Radar, Brazil has a new, multibillion-dollar strategy against organized crime, Honduras arrests a former mayor connected to a murder, and Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro is told no after trying to suspend warrants for Gulf Clan leaders. Transcript What’s in Brazil’s President Lula’s new anti-crime push? How does the arrest of …

Alleged perpetrators arrested in the murder of human rights defender Juan López in Honduras

The late Honduran environmentalist Juan Lopez sits on a rock on the outskirts of Tocoa, Honduras, on September 28, 2021 [AFP] On 12 May 2026 Al Jazeera reported that the Honduran authorities have arrested three people, including a powerful politician, accused of plotting the 2024 assassination of an environmental leader, an incident that became a symbol of government corruption. Adan Funez, former mayor of the city of Tocoa, was captured at his …