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https://medium.com/statedept/the-2018-international-women-of-courage-30c78a481611 "Dr. Julissa Villanueva serves as the Director of the Honduran Attorney General’s Forensic Medicine Department, overseeing 650 forensic experts. She began her career as a forensic pathologist in 2002 and was named Director in 2013. Dr. Villanueva has fundamentally changed the nature of criminal accountability in Honduras, especially regarding violent crimes perpetrated against women and children. She has led multidisciplinary, data-driven initiatives to counteract gender-based violence and was a key player in national femicide legislation that imposed additional criminal penalties for gender-based homicides. Her focus on forensic evidence in high-profile cases helped convict murderers when eyewitness testimony was insufficient. Dr. Villanueva developed the first post-graduate medical degree in forensic medicine in Honduras and established the Forensic Science Journal of Honduras, which has garnered a regional audience. She developed the basis for the National Human Identification Registry, in part to address the many unsolved murders in Honduras, and created the first humanitarian cemetery so unclaimed or unidentified corpses could be exhumed later as evidence in criminal trials. In partnership with the U.S. government, Dr. Villanueva is developing DNA capabilities to help identify decomposed bodies recovered along migrant routes and to track unaccompanied minors that attempt to reach the United States through illegal migration. She pioneered the use of Gesell chambers in forensic medicine facilities, which allow victims of sexual crimes or witnesses of murder to provide legal testimony before the court without publicly revealing their identity, eliminating shame and fear of retribution. Dr. Villanueva’s courageous and inspirational efforts have improved the capacity of forensic medicine in Honduras, bolstered evidence used in violent crime cases (many of which are against women), and are essential to the fight against impunity in Honduras."
Foto del pueblo de Villanueva del Conde, Salamanca, España
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Villanueva

Cortés Department, Honduras · North America

About Villanueva

Villanueva sits on the route: 5 minutes from Pueblo Nuevo, 50km from Lake Yojoa.

Villanueva is in Cortés Department, Honduras, with about 32,000 people. The nearest town is Pueblo Nuevo, about 4 km away.

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Within an hour or so of Villanueva: Lake Yojoa (50 km).

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Villanueva is in Cortés Department, Honduras, about 4 km from Pueblo Nuevo.

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Quick Information

Population
31,571
Continent
North America
Country
Honduras
Region
Cortés Department
Timezone
America/Tegucigalpa
Coordinates
15.3148, -87.9938

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Worth the detour from Villanueva

1 notable place within an hour's drive.

natural wonder

Lake Yojoa

Honduras's largest natural lake, ringed by volcanic mountains and coffee country on the main Tegucigalpa-San Pedro Sula highway: famous for its strip of lakeside fried-fish stalls.

50 km · about 60 min drive

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Year-round

Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.

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La Lima

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16 km awayPop. 45,955

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23 km awayPop. 100,810

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