All 158 volunteers currently serving in Honduras will be placed on administrative leave . The Peace Corps has operated since 1963 in Honduras and Guatemala , sending more than 5,500 and 4,800 Americans to serve in each country , respectively . Training classes for new volunteers are canceled for El Salvador and Guatemala . - The U.S. Agency for International Development is suspending all programs to support the Honduran government, including a $45 million program that provides food assistance to vulnerable families. Homicide rates there more than doubled between 2005 and 2010 .
All 158 volunteers currently serving in Honduras will be placed on administrative leave . Training classes for new volunteers are canceled for El Salvador and Guatemala . - The U.S. Agency for International Development is suspending all programs to support the Honduran government, including a $45 million program that provides food assistance to vulnerable families. Homicide rates there more than doubled between 2005 and 2010 .