Honduras: Army will join police to combat drug trafficking and violence

[Judi Lynn]

Honduras: Army will join police to combat drug trafficking and violence
By Associated Press
10:29 p.m. EDT, April 9, 2011

TEGUCIGALPA (AP) — Honduras' defense minister said Friday that the country's armed forces will join the police for the first time in the fight against drug trafficking.

Members of the navy and air force are being trained to tackle traffickers, Defense Marlon Pascua said in comments reported Saturday in the newspaper La Tribuna.

"There is much to be done in the fight against organized crime and drug trafficking, but results will be seen soon," Pascua said in the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula. He added that the government lacks the necessary funds to fight both problems.

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Washington has provided Honduras about $15 million in the last four years to combat drug traffickers, which are using the Central American country to ship drugs north.

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