so the issue has been side-stepped completely. >> brangham: all right, philip pullella, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you very much. >> >> brangham: a wave of immigrants to the u.s. from central america, particularly el salvador, guatemala, and honduras, has been fueled in the past year by a surge of violence in those countries. in honduras, the largely drug- and-gang-related violence has been accompanied by a surge in violence against women. as we reported in last night's program, advocates say a woman is murdered in honduras every thirteen hours, and that honduran courts rarely resolve most domestic abuse complaints. in tonight's signature segment, special correspondent john carlos frey asks the president of honduras what is being done to stop the violence. and a warning, this report contains some violent images. >> reporter: in 2009, a coup brought down the elected president of honduras. for the past six years, instability, poverty, and gang- and drug-related crime have plagued this central american nation of eight million people. in 2012, honduras had the most murder