Honduras authorities’ long-running strategy of seizing planes and demolishing landing strips has done little to identify suspects, routes and suppliers, allowing the so-called “narco flights” to continue.
The ruling gives the public appearance of protecting Honduras’ anti-graft body, but in reality, it threatens to weaken its power to move cases forward.
The potential dismantling or weakening of Honduras’ anti-graft body could cast a dark cloud over the future of the fight against corruption.
The head of an international anti-corruption body in Honduras has resigned in protest of what he described as insufficient support from the mission’s parent institution.
Honduras’ controversial election remains in limbo, but the results not so much.
An upcoming election in Honduras has called into question the future of a reform commission that has taken important steps toward cleaning up the country’s police force.
Authorities in Central America have arrested hundreds of suspected gang members in recent days during coinciding operations, but their willingness to mount such large-scale efforts against gangs has not been matched by an equivalent committment to tackle recent allegations of serious official corruption.
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