Honduras: Army to Patrol Streets, Clamp Down on Drug Violence

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | April 14th, 2010 | Trackback

The army will begin patrolling streets in Tegucigalpa and other areas to clamp down on drug cartel violence. The country of fewer than 8 million people has had an average of more than 4,000 homicides the past five years, with more than 5,300 in 2009. Soldiers have been told to search vehicles and pedestrians and pursue crime suspects. Some 2,000 officers will also be sent to the Atlantic coast region where drug cartels have been active, to seize drugs and illegal weapons.

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