HomeamericasTrump’s pardon of Honduras’s ex-president shows counter-drug effort is ‘based on lies and hypocrisy’

Trump’s pardon of Honduras’s ex-president shows counter-drug effort is ‘based on lies and hypocrisy’

americasDecember 1, 2025
1 min read
Trump’s pardon of Honduras’s ex-president shows counter-drug effort is ‘based on lies and hypocrisy’
Why has Trump blown up alleged narco boats in the Caribbean and at the same time decided to let a big time trafficker off the hook?

Why has Trump blown up alleged narco boats in the Caribbean and at the same time decided to let a big time trafficker off the hook?

  • Deadly airstrikes and a military buildup: how the US pressure campaign against Venezuela has unfolded in the Caribbean

He was a Latin American president accused of colluding with some of the region’s most ruthless narco bosses to flood the United States with cocaine.

“[Let’s] stuff the drugs right up the noses of the gringos,” the double-dealing politician once allegedly bragged as he lined his pockets with millions of dollars in bribes and turned his country into what many called a narco-state.

Continue reading...

Source: Guardian - World News

Share this article

Related Articles