Choloma, Honduras News

The Marshfield Fire and Rescue Department are donating emergency equipment to a fire department in Honduras where firefighters had been using wet handkerchiefs tied across their faces to protect them from smoke inhalation.

The Marshfield Fire and Rescue Department recently donated equipment to a fire department in Honduras, where firefighters have been using wet handkerchiefs when responding to fires to minimize smoke-inhalation. A $244,000 federal grant allowed the Marshfield department to purchase 33 new breathing apparatuses and an air compressor to replace those ... (more)

A gold-plated AK-47 rifle seized last September from Mexican drugs cartel 'The Resistance'. Honduran police have seized a similar gun, believed to belong to the 'Zetas' cartel.

ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, DEC. 31, AND THEREAFTER - FILE - In this March 14, 2007 file photo, a taxi driver lies dead in his car after being shot by unknown gunmen at the Villa Olimpica Colony in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.