Honduras Becomes Cocaine Transit Hub
Honduras Becomes Cocaine Transit Hub -- News from Antiwar.com
Almost half of the cocaine imported to the United States now passes through Honduras — a total of 20 to 25 tons each month, according to U.S. and Honduran estimates, as the country becomes the western hemisphere’s cocaine hub.
The drug trade in Honduras is changing the country in various ways, enriching wealthy landowners along the Atlantic coast and increasing violence in the north as local gangs transporting drugs develop armies of street dealers, contributing to a homicide rate that rivals Kabul, Afghanistan.
The illegal military coup in June
Honduras Becomes Cocaine Transit Hub -- News from Antiwar.com