Honduras

Guatemalan security forces on Jan. 18 broke up a caravan of about 4,000 Honduran migrants trying to reach the United States on a journey of thousands of kilometers through Central America on foot, AFP reporters witnessed.

Police advanced on the group in a coordinated move, striking batons against their shields to make an intimidating noise, prompting the migrants to scatter.

A group of Turkish doctors and nurses have traveled to the Central American country of Honduras to volunteer to perform free medical surgeries for ill and needy children. 

A curfew was introduced in Honduras because of the riots after the presidential election. Citizens' traffic restrictions will operate for at least ten days from 6 pm to 6 am, BBC reports.

Hurricane Otto churned toward the sparsely-populated Caribbean coast border of Nicaragua and Costa Rica yesterday as an unusually strong late-season storm.

Hurricane Patricia is moving into the interior of Mexico becoming the most furious hurricane ever known to make landfall in the area after the center of its eye crossed the coast of Jalisco state early on Friday evening. Winds are rapidly losing strength.

Mevlüt Erdinç and Caner Erkin scored in the second half as Turkey beat World Cup-bound Honduras 2-0 in an international friendly on Wednesday night.

Erdinç opened the scoring in the 70th minute with a shot from in front and was involved again in the 83rd when he passed to Erkin, who drove a shot into the back of the net.