Honduran Lured to Russia War Seeks Help From Congress

Originally reported September 26, 2026 by Once Noticias

Wilson Noel Quintero Guzmán, a former Honduran military officer, is being held in Ukraine after being recruited via Facebook for a private security job in Russia, only to be forcibly sent to the front lines; he is seeking government assistance to return home.

An auto-translated English version isn’t available for Once Noticias, so this opens the original in Spanish. Honduras Daily curates and summarizes; the reporting is theirs.

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