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The warning posted to the embassy’s account on X said it had
received information that the attacks could occur on Tuesday and
on May 16. It warned U.S. citizens to avoid the locations.
“The three target locations mentioned are the Elliot Dover
Christian School in Tegucigalpa, the Centro Civico in
Tegucigalpa, and an unnamed mall in Tegucigalpa,” the warning
said. “The Embassy is required by U.S. law to disseminate this
message for all U.S. citizens.”
There was no indication that U.S. citizens would be specifically
targeted, the embassy said.
The U.S. embassy said it did not have more information.
Honduras’ Police Director Juan Manuel Aguilar Godoy downplayed
the warning and said it should not cause alarm.
“It is only an alert,” he said on local radio, adding that the
information had come from the FBI and that Honduran authorities
had also been informed.
“The FBI is obligated, according to United States guidelines, to
advise its citizens,” he said.
Honduras Foreign Affairs Minister Eduardo Enrique Reina said on
X that the administration had considered the information
“responsibly and diligently regardless of its veracity or
possibility.”
Reina said the warning came in an election year. He said the
government would do everything possible to protect the public
and the electoral process. National elections are scheduled for
Nov. 30.
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