Francisco Morazan, Honduras News

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras &#8212 State Department officials say the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has opened an investigation into a drug raid in a remote Central American jungle where local authorities say four people were killed.

Forensic personnel prepare about 400kg of cocaine to be burnt in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on May 11, 2012.

The small Central American nation of Honduras has gained the unfortunate notoriety of being the most dangerous place on earth.

In this May 22, 2012 photo released by the the presidential press office, Juan Carlos Bonilla Valladares, right, known as 'El Tigre' or 'The Tiger,' is sworn-in as Honduras' chief of police by President Porfirio Lobo, left, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

The incendiary display, featuring fins from nurse sharks that were seized by the Honduran navy in April, took place in the nation's capital, Tegucigalpa.

Honduran police on Sunday arrested five people, among them a teenage girl, for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping and murder of reporter Alfredo Villatoro, police said.

Journalists participate in a march to mark the The Journalist Day in Tegucigalpa City, capital of Honduras, on May 25, 2012.

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None of the murders has been solved, and it is not clear whether the victims were targeted because of their profession.

The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today spoke out against the killing of two journalists, one in Honduras and the other in Uganda.

Juan Carlos Bonilla Valladares, known as "El Tigre" or "The Tiger," speaks to the press after he was sworn-in as police chief in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tuesday, May 22, 2012.

Soldiers in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Reuters/Edgard Garrido In some ways, it was just one more bloody episode in a blood-soaked country.

Andy Bugh realized a lifelong dream in Morgan City, La. on Saturday, when the retired Plano resident reunited with his family after concluding a six-month solo kayaking adventure.

Tegucigalpa, May 19 Two people have been arrested in connection with the abduction and murder of journalist Alfredo Villatoro, the head of the Honduran National Police said.

Bullets flew as U.S. helicopters swooped toward a river boat, Honduran national police rappelled to the ground and locals scattered after loading close to 1,000 pounds of U.S.-bound cocaine.

Police officers from the anti-drug squad in Tegucigalpa on October 7, 2010 look after a load of 500 kilos of cocaine seized from traffickers during a joint operation by the Honduran Police, the Army and the US Drug Enforcement Administration , in Brus Laguna, Mosquitia, Honduras Thanks to sensational atrocities like the 49 headless corpses dumped ... (more)

Dead In The Moskitia Were Not Drug Traffickers, According To Authorities 05/15/2012 http://www.tiempo.hn/index.php/honduras/10766-muertos-en-la-mosquitia-no-eran-narcos-dicen-autoridades TEGUCIGALPA.- The four people who died and four wounded in the anti-drug raid were not drug traffickers, but rather were honest, humble citizens, stated the ... (more)

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Honduran President Porfirio Lobo on Wednesday offered a reward of more than $150,000 for information leading to the killers of one of the country's best-known journalists, whose body was found nearly a week after he was kidnapped.

Drug Enforcement Administration officials said Wednesday their agents were working with Honduran military forces aboard a helicopter during an anti-drug operation in which at least four people were reportedly slain.

The news director for one of Honduras' most important radio stations has been found dead, nearly a week after he was kidnapped.