Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Drug Gang Violence Surges In Honduras: Study

From Yahoo News/Reuters:

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Mexican drug gang violence is spilling over into neighboring Honduras, driving up murder rates as cartels fight over routes used to smuggle cocaine to the United States, a U.N.-backed study said on Monday.

The number of homicides in Honduras jumped by one-fourth to 3,262 between January and September of 2008, including execution-style group killings committed by cartels, according to a report by the National Autonomous University of Honduras sponsored by the United Nations Development Program.

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