Honduran Boy Has Successful Heart Surgery in El Salvador

Published on Honduras Daily · Oct 4, 2026 · Originally reported October 3, 2026 by El Heraldo

Josué Nehemías Cruz, 11, from Santa Bárbara, came through his first heart surgery at a hospital in El Salvador after Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele offered medical help for a condition Honduran doctors said would leave him only a few years to live.

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