Sunday, January 22, 2012

Honduras Is The Murder Capital Of The World

Honduras Named Murder Capital Of The World -- Miami Herald

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Sitting in the plant-filled patio of his home outside the capital, anti-corruption crusader Gustavo Alfredo Landaverde uttered what few people have the courage to say out loud in this poor Central American nation:

“We are rotten to the core,” he said of the drug-related graft infecting virtually every layer of law enforcement in Honduras. “We are at the border of an abyss. These are criminal organizations inside and out.”

The soft-spoken, bespectacled former deputy drug czar had been fired, sued for libel and saw his last boss murdered. “I have asked myself: ‘Why am I still alive?’”

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My Comment: Honduras is the poster child of what happens to a a nation if the drug culture and drug cartels take over.

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