Fishing Boat Capsizes off Honduras, at Least 26 Dead
Published on: Wednesday 03 July 2019
At least 26 people died after a lobster-fishing boat capsized off the Atlantic coast of Honduras during poor weather conditions, an armed forces spokesman said Wednesday, in one of the country’s worst accidents at sea.
Forty-seven people were rescued after the accident near Puerto Lempira, said Jose Domingo Meza, the armed forces spokesman.
Various boats have gathered off the Honduran coast for lobster-fishing season, which began this month and runs through February.
Another fishing boat capsized earlier in the day in the same region because of the poor weather, but all 49 people onboard were
