Gracias a Dios Department

Honduras Intensifies Its Fight Against International Drug Trafficking

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, May 26, 2020

The CCOI and the new law enhance the capacity of the security forces to fight transnational crime particularly in La Mosquitia, a remote heavy jungle area bordering with Nicaragua, which conditions are attractive for opening new routes for drug trafficking to the United States market.

Key Points: 
  • The CCOI and the new law enhance the capacity of the security forces to fight transnational crime particularly in La Mosquitia, a remote heavy jungle area bordering with Nicaragua, which conditions are attractive for opening new routes for drug trafficking to the United States market.
  • CCOI counts with the collaboration of the US Southern Command.
  • It is integrated to the 911 Emergency National System, the National Direction of Intelligence and Investigation, the National Police, the Prosecutor General and the Tactic Investigation Agency.
  • The initiative will energize the process to identify aircrafts that do not fulfill national and international parameters.