Narco States & Organized Crime

The infiltration of drug traffickers and organized crime into all branches of the governments, judiciaries, police and militaries of Guatemala and Honduras are not the underlying cause of systematic violence, corruption and impunity in these countries.

They take advantage of and worsen the underlying cause of systematic violence, corruption and impunity in these countries, and are symptoms of the fact that Honduras and Guatemala are dominated by anti-democratic, military-backed, corrupt, ‘open-for-global-business’ regimes.

Find, in this archive, informations documenting how deeply corrupted the U.S. and Canadian-backed regimes are.

2005 November 25 - “The Untouchable Narco-State: Guatemala's Military Defies the DEA”, Article by F. Smyth

2009 May 03 - “The Drug Connection Between Seattle and Central America”, Seattle Times Article by B. Clapp

2009 June 02 - “Mexico Drug Violence Spills Into Guatemala”, NPR Radio Report; “The Struggle Against Impunity in Guatemala Continues…”FAMDEGUA Communique

2011 May 02 - The “War on Drugs” & Corrupted Narco States in Guatemala & Honduras

2011 May 17 - “Drug War” Massacre in Guatemala, on Top of Normal Repression & Impunity

2011 August 20 - “Guatemala Presidential Frontrunner Linked to Narcos: Wikileaks”, Article by R. Graham

2012 March 27 - “Drugs and Business: Central America Faces Another Round of Violence”, NACLA Article by A.Bird

2012 August 08 - “The Spoils of an Undeclared War”, Article by D. Paley

2012 December 19 - Strategies of a New Cold War: US Marines and the Drug War in Guatemala

2014 November 12 - “Drug War Capitalism”, Book by D. Paley Release & Book Tour

2016 October 30 - “Honduras Elites and Organized Drug Crime”, Article by D. Gagne

2017 March 10 - Honduras Narco-trafficker Testifies (in New York Court) That Ex-Honduran President Porfirio Lobo Took Bribes from Narco-traffickers

2017 March 18 - “Drug Charges Against Ex-Guatemalan Officials are Tip of the Iceberg”, El Periódico article

2017 March 20 - Breaking News: No end in sight to Honduran nightmare. Huge profits being made by corrupt regime and international business and drug-trafficking partners

2017 October 22 - New York Times Investigation: “State-sponsored drug trafficking in Honduras”

2018 November 24 - Brother of Honduran President (and former ruling party member) arrested on organized crime drug trafficking charges

2018 December 17 - Honduran President linked to drug cartel leader detained in Guatemala, now jailed in the U.S

2019 May 17 - “Testimony Brings Honduras President Closer to Brother’s Drug Trade Ties”, Article by P. Asmann

2019 May 27 - ‘Narcopolitica’ criminal investigations against Honduran presidents

2019 June 03 - Honduran Presidents linked to drug-trafficking & money laundering, since U.S. & Canadian-backed coup ousted Honduras’ last democratic government

2019 June 07 - “US Drug Probe Lands Guatemala President in Hot Water”, Article by P. Asmann

2019 August 28 - “For Guatemalans fearing political persecution, or facing threats to their lives, exile is increasingly viewed as the only means of survival”, NY Times Article by A. Isaacs and A. Montenegro

2019 September 03 - “From president to ‘co-conspirator’, Honduras awaits outcome of New York drug trial”, Univision Article by J. Ernst

2019 October 03 - Honduras “State-sponsored drug trafficking” trial to begin in New York City

2019 October 4 - “Day 1: Juan Antonio “Tony” Hernandez’s Trial in New York” by K. Spring

2019 October 04 - “Day 2: Juan Antonio “Tony” Hernandez’s Trial in New York” by K. Spring

2019 October 09 - “Witness directly involves the president of Honduras in the use of drug money for his campaigns”, Univision Article by J. Ernst

2019 October 18 - Tony Hernandez guilty of Honduran “state-sponsored drug trafficking"

2019 November 01 - “Accused drug trafficker murdered in prison ‘hit’ was alleged partner of brother of Honduran president”, Univision Article by J. Ernst & D. Adams

2020 February 20 - Cousin of drug-trafficking President of Honduras arrested in the U.S.

2020 May 04 - Former head of Honduran police charged in U.S with drug trafficking crimes

2020 September 15 - “US supports Honduran government that forces many to migrate as it protects drug trafficking”, Tucson Star Article by T. Stellar

2021 January 11 - “US motions expand drug claims against Honduras president”, AP News Article by C. Torrens

2021 February 08 - “Honduran president target of U.S. investigation, court filings show”, Reuters Article L. Gottesdiener

2021 February 12 - “Honduran president, a Trump [Obama, Trudeau, Harper] ally, implicated in drug trafficking, tries to win over Biden”, Washington Post Article by K. Sieff

2021 February 25 - “‘Deeply alarming corruption’: US bill would sanction Honduran president”, Guardian Article by N. Lakhani

2021 March 12 - “Day Four: Trial Against Honduran Drug Trafficker, Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez”, by K. Spring

2021 March 17 - “The Marriage of Drug Money and Neoliberal Development in Honduras”, Report by K. Spring

2021 March 19 - Brother of Honduran president to be sentenced

2021 March 23 - Guilty. Honduran government-linked cocaine trafficker Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez guilty on all counts

2021 March 30 - “A Damning Portrait of Presidential Corruption, but Hondurans Sound Resigned”, NY Times Article by E. Palmer and K. Semple

2021 March 31 - Life in Jail - former Honduran congressman Tony Hernández, brother & drug-trafficking partner of President of Juan Orlando Hernández

2021 May 17 - Wanted drug trafficker: El Tigre Bonilla, former head of Honduran police ( & former death squad leader); Vice article by J. Ernst

2022 January 27 - “Congresswoman Norma J. Torres Calls for U.S. Department of Justice to Indict and Extradite Juan Orlando Hernandez of Honduras”, press release

2022 February 08 - “Former US and Canadian-backed Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez on list of corrupt foreign officials”, Article by G. Russell

2022 February 15 - BREAKING NEWS: Juan Orlando Hernandez, former US and Canadian-backed dictator of Honduras, arrested for US drug-trafficking charges

2022 March 11 - Pandora’s Box of US & Canadian-backed Honduran drugtrafficking regime is wide open; article by K. Spring

2022 April 25 - “Former Honduran President to face drug-trafficking charges in US: Will there be any accountability for 12 years, 7 months of illegal US & Canadian support for the Honduran narco-state?”, article by G. Russell

2022 April 27 - JOH used drug-trafficking money to rig elections the US/Canada called ‘fair and democratic’; Criterion news report

2022 May 05 - “Honduras and the Jerusalem Embassy: How Netanyahu Backed Arms and Cocaine Deals”, article by E. Mack

2022 May 11 - Former Honduran president’s lawyers to call on Trump, Biden and Obama to testify in favor of client; Univision article by D. Adams and J. Ernst

2022 June 17 - “U.S. Trained Special Forces Involved in Drug Trafficking and Gangs in Honduras”, article by K. Spring