New Trump envoy visits Honduras for organized crime-fighting partnership

The 54-year-old made the trip on Sunday and met with Honduras's new right-wing president, Nasry Asfura, he told press afterward. A former congresswoman and governor of South Dakota, Noem was one of the leading faces of Trump's controversial immigration crackdown since his return to power in January 2025. Trump announced earlier this month that she would be removed and take up the role of special envoy to the "Shield of the Americas," a coalition with 17 Latin American nations -- so far -- aimed at countering cartels.