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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...
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Honduras Extraditions Expose Judicial System’s Weak Links
Honduras' Attorney General's Office has helped capture some of the country's most powerful criminals and their assets, shaking the country's underworld, but the...
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In Targeting Powerful Drug Clan, Honduras Follows Familiar Script
Authorities in Honduras have seized properties belonging to a major drug trafficking clan, a move that in the past has precipitated the downfall of some of the...
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How Drug Trafficking Operates, Corrupts in Central America
While speaking before the US Congress' Central America Caucus on July 6, InSight Crime Co-Director Steven Dudley outlined how drug trafficking organizations on the...
Honduras Elites and Organized Crime: The Cachiros
As it tends to happen in Honduras, the news began as a well-heeled rumor: Javier Rivera Maradiaga, the oldest of the three Rivera Maradiaga brothers still alive and...
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Mysterious ‘AA Brothers’ Captured, Negotiate with DEA in Honduras
Two suspected members of what Honduran authorities are calling the "AA Brothers Cartel" have reportedly surrendered to security forces in a negotiated agreement...
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Did Yani Rosenthal Surrender in Honduras Elite Case?
Honduran businessman and politician, Yani Rosenthal, has allegedly turned himself over to authorities, following US indictments on money laundering charges against...
