Large number of law enforcement officials in Mexico and the other central American nations are on the payroll of various drug cartels, and Honduras is no exception to this. The demand for contraband in the United States is fueling all this violence, and the best solution is to legalize the drugs. Until then, the violence will continue.
I'm assuming Mexican,Honduras and Central American gang members are already living in America illegally, committing criminal acts like drug trafficking. 
Topic: Files Suggest Honduran Police Leaders Ordered Killing of Antidrug Officials (Read 323 times)
April 18, 2016, 02:27:35 PM
April 18, 2016, 03:56:41 AM
Large number of law enforcement officials in Mexico and the other central American nations are on the payroll of various drug cartels, and Honduras is no exception to this. The demand for contraband in the United States is fueling all this violence, and the best solution is to legalize the drugs. Until then, the violence will continue.
April 16, 2016, 05:58:19 PM
More than a dozen conspirators gathered at the headquarters of the Honduran National Police just after 9:30 p.m. One of them clicked open a briefcase, and bundles of American dollars were distributed among the police officers — payment for the next day’s hit job.
After everyone else filed out of the room, the three highest-ranking officers stayed behind to make a call.
“Keep watch over the news tomorrow, sir,” one of them said, according to case files gathered by Honduran investigators. “We’ll do it all in the morning, good night, sir.”
They kept their word.
A day later, on Dec. 8, 2009, the top antidrug official in Honduras — the retired general Julián Arístides González Irías — dropped off his daughter at school and was heading to work when he found his usual route blocked. A motorcycle carrying two men pulled up to his Nissan SUV. The one riding at the back pulled out a gun, killing the general.
Outrage at the assassination swept Honduras. The country was still in turmoil after the coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya and turned Honduras into an international outcast. In a country riddled with corruption and division, the retired general was distinguished for his rectitude and efficiency. The authorities promised a swift investigation.
But the case quickly went cold.
At least that is how it appeared to the public. Behind the scenes, according to the case files, the police investigators took just three weeks to solve the murder. The chief suspects were a cell of high-ranking police commanders working hand-in-hand with drug traffickers. The conspiracy reached all the way to the chief of police.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/16/world/americas/files-suggest-honduras-police-leaders-ordered-killing-of-antidrug-officials.html
After everyone else filed out of the room, the three highest-ranking officers stayed behind to make a call.
“Keep watch over the news tomorrow, sir,” one of them said, according to case files gathered by Honduran investigators. “We’ll do it all in the morning, good night, sir.”
They kept their word.
A day later, on Dec. 8, 2009, the top antidrug official in Honduras — the retired general Julián Arístides González Irías — dropped off his daughter at school and was heading to work when he found his usual route blocked. A motorcycle carrying two men pulled up to his Nissan SUV. The one riding at the back pulled out a gun, killing the general.
Outrage at the assassination swept Honduras. The country was still in turmoil after the coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya and turned Honduras into an international outcast. In a country riddled with corruption and division, the retired general was distinguished for his rectitude and efficiency. The authorities promised a swift investigation.
But the case quickly went cold.
At least that is how it appeared to the public. Behind the scenes, according to the case files, the police investigators took just three weeks to solve the murder. The chief suspects were a cell of high-ranking police commanders working hand-in-hand with drug traffickers. The conspiracy reached all the way to the chief of police.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/16/world/americas/files-suggest-honduras-police-leaders-ordered-killing-of-antidrug-officials.html
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