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Honduras
Criticizes
US
for
Lack
of
Results
Against
Drug
Traffic
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,
such
as
United
States,
didn't
offer
the
necessary
support,"
Osorio
said
to
by
the
newspaper
La
Tribuna.
For
that
the
Armed
Forces
need
gear
with
the
most
advance
technology,
airplanes,
helicopters,
faster
boats,
radars
and
the
laws
should
be
revised
to
be
able
to
attack
these
bands
without
any
kind
of
intermediaries,
he
explained.
The
Honduran
general
considered
that
the
main
problem
for
this
Central
American
country
is
that
it
is
used
as a
bridge
between
the
producing
countries
-
Colombia
and
others
of
South
America
- to
take
drugs
to
the
United
States.
The
problem
is
that
the
organizations
of
drug
dealers,
take
advantage
to
buy
the
conscience
of
some
officials,
and
the
youth
increasing
the
crime
rate
and
death
in
Honduras,
he
added.
In
his
opinion,
the
best
form
of
combating
the
drug
trafficking
is
allowing
the
downing
of
light
planes
flying
on
the
national
territory
illegally.
"I
am
in
favor
of
hardening
the
penalties
to
intercept
the
drugs
and
giving
the
power
to
bring
those
light
planes
down
if
the
law
allows
it,"
he
added
that
"it
is
necessary
to
take
drastic
decisions
against
this
type
of
people,
because
otherwise,
the
years
will
go
on
and
the
problem
will
continue."
"The
most
important
thing
is
strong
laws,
and
that
the
developed
countries
support
with
technology
and
inputs,
because
the
final
destination
of
the
drug
is
to
the
north
(United
States),
the
market
with
more
demand,"
he
emphasized.
In
his
opinion,
the
decriminalization
is a
quite
complex
topic
because
there
are
examples
in
other
countries,
such
as
Holland,
where
that
measure
didn't
give
any
results.
On
the
other
hand,
Honduras,
classified
as
the
most
violent
country
in
the
world
by
the
United
Nations,
lacks
capacity
for
institutions
that
are
devoted
to
the
prevention,
in
accordance
with
the
Honduran
official.
"Its
getting
out
of
control,
and
if
this
is
legalized,
the
youth
would
be
the
most
vulnerable,
and
the
problem
would
be
worse
for
the
people,"
he
concluded. |
