Hidden Air Strips Found in Honduras
Officials in Honduras have discovered more than 60 hidden airfields in four eastern provinces, which drug traffickers use to smuggle their product into and out of the country.
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Guanaja Naval Base Inauguration This Month
Guanaja’s naval base has been under construction for some time, and is scheduled to be inaugurated this month. The base was created to help fight against drug trafficking and organized crime. Built at a cost of two million dollars, and entirely funded by United States, the new base has been designed to control the entire […]
Organized Crime Gets Hit Hard
More than 27 properties; a ranch, a well known hotel, buildings and land, as well as 17 fishing boats have all been identified as obtained through illicit activities, and confiscated during an operation put into effect today. This operation is being considered the largest hit against organized crime that Honduras has ever realized. Simultaneously in […]
Honduras Through the Eyes of an American
Paradise and Violence in Honduras by Hector Luis Alamo, Jr When I visited Honduras earlier this year, it was my first time stepping foot in my maternal homeland. My mother had lived the first seven years of life in a tiny village nestled in the mountains surrounding Tegucigalpa before leaving for the United States in […]
Facussé Suspected of Narco Trafficking
A Wiki cable implies Miguel Facussé Barjam is involved with Narco trafficking activity in the Valley of Aguán. Diplomats from the United States of America suspected in 2004 that the Honduran businessman Miguel Facussé Barjum may have been involved in three incidents related to drugs on one of his properties, according to a secret cable […]