By Jennifer Catracha on November 18, 2013
corruption, drugs
General Honduras News
The boss of the “Cartel of the Atlantic” was arrested for drug trafficking, murder, attempted murder, and escape (in 2007); however, prison officials confirmed that Montes Bobadilla was released Saturday night.
By Jennifer Catracha on September 9, 2013
drugs, narcotics, small plane
General Honduras News
As part of Operation Armadillo, last week members of the Honduran military began the destruction of six clandestine airstrips. Explosive experts from the Battalion of Engineers (Batallón de Ingenieros) and members of the Naval Armed Forces are gutting elusive landing areas suspected of being used by narcotraffickers. The first strip destroyed with dynamite was located […]
By Alma Castro Hernández on January 17, 2013
crime, drug trafficking, drugs, military
General Honduras News, Headline News
Defense Minister Marlon Pascua reported that during the early Wednesday morning hours, a large quantity of drugs and the boat providing its transporation were seized during an operation by the Honduran Navy in the region of La Moskitia, Gracias Adios.
By Elvis Sevilla Mejia on April 23, 2012
drug trafficking, drugs, honduras, united states
Politics in Honduras
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces of Honduras, General Rene Osorio, criticized the United States Monday because of its lack of support and effectiveness in the combat against drug trafficking. “Up to now it has not been possible to disband the groups trafficking with illegal substances because the consumers, […]
By Alma Castro Hernández on March 27, 2012
drugs, united states
General Honduras News
The US anti-drug Czar William Brownfield concluded Monday a 24-hour visit in Honduras announcing crime programs and donated 2 million USD, 30 motorbikes to the Police worth $229,000. On his Sunday arrival, the Assistant Secretary and Director of the Department of States Law Enforcement and Drugs International Affairs Office said his government is determined to […]