2012 in Honduras From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Decades: 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also: Other events of 2012 Timeline of Honduran history ← 2011 2010 2009 2012 in Honduras → 2013 2014 2015 Decades: 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also: Other events of 2012 Timeline of Honduran history List of events in the year 2012 in Honduras. President - Porfirio Lobo Congress President - Juan Orlando Hernández Supreme Court President - Jorge Alberto Rivera Avilés Events February 14: Comayagua prison fire: A fire inside the prison of Comayagua kills 364 inmates, is noted as the deadliest prison fire in history.[1] February 18: A massive fire destroys three markets in the center of Tegucigalpa, nine persons injured.[2] March 7: The Supreme Electoral Court inscribes Partido Anticorrupción as new political party.[3] March 29: A unrest and fire inside the San Pedro Sula kills 13 inmates.[4] May 15: The radio journalist Alfredo Villatoro is found dead in Tegucigalpa after being kidnapped 6 days before by six unknown people.[5] July 31: The wife of the Finance Minister Hector Guillén is arrested in Tegucigalpa with one million Lempiras (about $50.000).[6] November 18: Primary elections, Juan Orlando Hernández wins the candidature for National Party of Honduras and Mauricio Villeda wins in the Liberal Party of Honduras.[7][8] References ↑ "BBC Mundo - Últimas Noticias - Reportes de más de 350 muertos en incendio en prisión de Honduras". www.bbc.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-09-24. ↑ Molina, Efrain (2012-02-26). "Bomberos: mercados son de alto riesgo a incendios". Diario La Prensa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2017-05-11. ↑ "Tribunal Electoral inscribe el partido de Salvador Nasralla". Diario La Prensa (in Spanish). 2012-03-07. Archived from the original on 2016-10-05. ↑ "At least 13 dead in Honduran prison fire". CNN. 2012-03-30. Archived from the original on 2012-03-30. ↑ Nelson Quinones and Elvin Sandoval (2012-05-16). "Another Honduran journalist slain". CNN. Archived from the original on 2012-05-16. ↑ "Detienen esposa de secretario de Finanzas hondureño con un millón de …". ellibertador.hn. 2012-07-31. Archived from the original on 2013-02-17. ↑ ""No fue sorpresa que Juan Orlando ganara elecciones": Lobo Sosa". latribuna.hn. 2012-12-01. Archived from the original on 2012-12-03. Retrieved 2012-12-04. ↑ "'Volando a la Presidencia' dice Villeda en Twitter, al declararse ganador en el Partido Liberal". Diario La Prensa. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2012 in Honduras. vte2012 in North AmericaSovereign states Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States Dependencies andother territories Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands Related Articles