D.E.A.’s Agents Join Hondurans in Drug Firefights

Honduras is a growing focus of American counternarcotics efforts aimed at the drug cartels that have increasingly sought to use its ungoverned spaces.

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28 Arrested in Drug-Smuggling Ring that Brought Cocaine to US from Honduras

Nearly thirty people have been arrested for their parts in smuggling cocaine from Honduras to the United States.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reportedly arrested 28 people allegedly involved in the cocaine-smuggling ring, w…

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‘War on women’ in Mexico Described as Growing
'War on women' in Mexico described as growing worse since escalation of drug war. El Paso Times Violence against women in Mexico grew worse during the country's war against the drug cartels, ... Guatemala Seizes $6Mn Shipment of Meth Precursor Chemicals
Guatemalan authorities have seized a shipment of over 80,000 liters of methamphetamine precursor chemicals which the authorities said came from China and was heading for Honduras. The shipment of 320 barrels ... Texas Border Agents Rescue Undocumented 17 Yr-old and Pregnant Female from Stifling Hot Trailer
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Falfurrias Checkpoint rescued two illegal aliens Wednesday morning, who were confined inside a cargo trailer. The rescue occurred when the vehicle’s driver attempted to ... CBP Border Patrol Apprehends Convicted Felon
Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison Tucson, Ariz. – A 23-year-old man from Honduras, apprehended by Nogales Station Border Patrol agents in October 2011, was sentenced to 33 months of confinement ... 22 Grenade Launchers Go Missing from Honduras Army Supplies
22 anti-tank grenade launchers have gone missing from military stockpiles and may have fallen into the hands of criminal groups, according to Honduras prosecutors. The Honduras Special Prosecution Office Against Organized ... Honduras: home to the most violent city in the hemisphere?
Amid rising crime, the Peace Corps pulled out of in Honduras this week. [caption id="attachment_19706" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Police officers stand guard after a fight inside San Pedro Sula prison on Oct. ...