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Crisis in the Prisons: Five Guidelines When Reforming the Penal System
The high and growing rate of imprisonment in the region is not leading to lower rates of violence and crime. In other words, we know that prisons are not the...
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Former Honduras Investment Minister Admits to Laundering Drug Money
A former minister and member of one of the richest families in Honduras has pleaded guilty in a US court to laundering money for the once-powerful Cachiros drug...
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Honduras Tycoon Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering in US
One of Honduras' most powerful and politically-connected business tycoons, Yani Rosenthal, has pleaded guilty to a money laundering charge in the United States,...
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Honduras Crime Group Used Natural Disaster to Launder Money
A powerful drug trafficking group in Honduras allegedly used a natural disaster to launder money, showing how far organized crime groups are willing to go to...
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Cachiros Leader Links Late Honduras Tycoon to Drug Trafficking*
Drug traffickers in Honduras used a private airstrip owned by the recently-deceased tycoon Miguel Facussé to smuggle drugs by plane from Venezuela, according to a...
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Another Day, Another Damning Testimony of Elites by Honduras Trafficker
In his continuing testimony to a US court in New York City, a confessed drug trafficker from Honduras implicated the brother of current Honduran President Juan...
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Honduras Ex-Presidents’ Brothers Face Drug Allegations*
Two brothers of two different, former Honduras presidents were implicated by the testimony of a leader of a prominent drug trafficking organization during the US...
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Contracts Awarded to Honduras Drug Clan Illustrate Cyclical Corruption
Government contracts awarded to businesses run by a powerful drug clan during the administration of former Honduras President Porfirio Lobo, allegedly in...
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Honduras Narco Testifies Ex-President Took Bribes From Traffickers
One of the leaders of Honduran drug trafficking network the Cachiros has testified in court that he repeatedly bribed former President Porfirio Lobo, adding to the...
