Thursday, May 17, 2012

Hondurans Protest At DEA Presence In Fatal Shooting

An American soldier in Honduras. Drug agents there are using military-style counterinsurgency efforts against drug trafficking. Tomas Munita for The New York Times

Hondurans Protest At DEA Role In Fatal Shootings -- The Guardian

US agents were on helicopter with Honduran police officers when four people were shot dead on Patuca river.

Protesters in Honduras's Mosquito Coast region have burned down government offices and demanded that the US Drug Enforcement Administration leave the area, after it emerged some of its agents were involved in an anti-drug operation in which police killed four innocent people, including two pregnant women.

The DEA confirmed on Wednesday that some of its agents were on a US-owned helicopter with Honduran police officers when the shooting happened last Friday on the Patuca river, in north-east Honduras.

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More News On Honduran Protests On The Presence of DEA Agents In Fatal Shootings

U.S. Says No D.E.A. Agents Took Part in Honduran Shootout -- New York Times
DEA admits to role in deadly Honduras helicopter shooting -- CBS/AP
U.S. Insists Its Anti-Drug Agents Did Not Fire on Innocent Hondurans -- Time
U.S. denies agents fired on Hondurans -- UPI
Probe underway in remote area of Honduras after gunfight involving U.S. drug agents -- Washington Post
Honduras protest over shootings -- BBC
Honduran area demands DEA leave after shooting -- CBS
Hondurans Demand DEA Leave After Shooting -- ABC News/AP
D.E.A.’s Agents Join Counternarcotics Efforts in Honduras -- New York Times

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