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The Biden administration has pledged to pump $4 billion into Central America to address the root causes that are driving immigrants to the U.S. border, but that s a tall order. NPR s John Burnett visited Honduras recently and examined one struggling program that s trying to lower the homicide rate and convince people to stay.
JOHN BURNETT, BYLINE: Rivera Hernandez is one of the most violent neighborhoods in one of the most violent countries in the Americas. It s here that a Christian-based nonprofit with the high-sounding name the Association For A More Just Society, is helping to solve unsolved murders.
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An anti-violence mural on the wall of a street in Tegucigalpa, the capital city of Honduras. The Biden administration has pledged $4 billion to attack the root causes of out-migration from Central America. Tomas Ayuso for NPR
In Rivera Hernandez, one of the most violent neighborhoods in one of the most violent countries in the Americas, a young Honduran man explains the circumstances of the cold-blooded murder of his little brother by a street gang three years ago.
Sitting in the living room he shares with a banty rooster, he agrees to tell his story if his family is not identified. He said his brother took a short-cut though rival gang territory perhaps to go to the bus stop or visit his girlfriend with tragic consequences.
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