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DRUG TRAFFIC IN THE NORTH OF HONDURAS

Honduras achieved its independence from Spain in 1821, at this time it didn’t enjoy an established political organization, experiencing for several years regular coups and military governments. Although in 1933 the opposed Liberal party took the management of its presidency and congress. Honduras unceasing poverty worsened in late 1998, as a result ofthe disaster caused by Hurricane Mitch. This adversity had serious effects in the infrastructure of Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, La Ceiba, and other important cities; it increased the unemployment in the North of Honduras with the destruction of banana plantations and other agricultural businesses. Honduran society battled unemployment and homelessness that then led to the raise in crime, drugtraffic, corruption among others. In the new millennium Honduras manage to recover, to some extent, from the disaster of Hurricane Mitch. The population of this nation located in the core of Central America is afraid of discussing drug trafficking, even though its existence has been around three decades ago when military regimes ruled the country. In that time some journalist’s statements establishedthat drug movements in Tegucigalpa began with military governments, expanded with the lack of penalty, and was founding itself in places of the country.
Honduras’s location is perfect for drug activity since it shares borders with Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador; for that reason, it is a transit country for the movement of cocaine from South America to the United States. Marijuana is nowcultivated in some places of the country because it has an increasing demand (especially by young adults) throughout the years. After the murdered of Mario and Mary Ferrari, the country became known as a drop by for drugs traveling from South to North America. Also some militaries appeared to be correlated with drug trafficking. This couple dedicated themselves to traffic of drugs like cocaine,arms and emeralds with the help of Honduran key player Juan Ramón Matta Ballesteros.
President Clinton in his message to congress on major drug producing and transit countries for 1998, “declared Honduras a "country of1. http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/rwinslow/namerica/honduras.html

concern" due to increased drug flows through the Central America transit zone and increased vulnerabilityto drug trafficking due to redirection of law enforcement resources caused by Hurricane Mitch. Big load of drugs enters the country by two main methods: maritime and in aircrafts. “Maritime trafficking is the primary method of cocaine smuggling for Honduran and Colombian organizations operating along the Honduran north coast.”1 Panama and Costa Rica ship loads of drugs through Central America andMexico, to then arrive in the United States. There are specialized vehicles and tractor-trailers with undisclosed compartments that are in charge of these deliveries. Also drug dealers have managed to use Honduran airspace to transport cocaine. Honduras has a series of problems like delayed infrastructure progress, unemployment, poor economical development

(based on agricultural products andAsian textile factories) that have facilitated drug trafficking and presented serious challenges to law enforcement efforts.
This country’s population only cultivates illegally a crop named Cannabis, which has a bad quality and small THC content. Some of these cultivations are found in mountains of different departments like: Colon, Yoro, Francisco Morazán, Olancho, Copan and Santa Barbara.Its cultivation depends on climatic circumstances and altitudes; the best time of production is between November and January. The U.S Governments has been involved in the eradication of some of these plantations from Honduras and it has been a real help in the fight towards drug traffic. Cocaine and Opium Poppy are not cultivated in Honduras but its sale exists in some parts of the country. Small...