Members of the military police remove a barricade during a protest against the government of Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernandez, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras June 20, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran authorities reached a deal on Thursday with striking truckers, whose protests had caused disruptive fuel shortages, but demonstrations against President Juan Orlando Hernandez that caused two deaths overnight persisted in the capital.
There was widespread unrest on Wednesday evening in Tegucigalpa, including looting, after members of a Honduran riot police tasked with keeping order withdrew to their quarters to pressure the government for improved benefits.
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