US-financed Honduras police accused of death squad killings
/--'The state department can and will continue funding and training the Honduran police.' 17 Mar 2013 ...Police have long been accused of operating more like assassins than law enforcement officers in Honduras, but few cases ever have been investigated. In the past year, police were alleged to have been involved in the deaths of a prominent Honduran radio journalist and the son of a former police chief - but neither killing has been solved. In the last three years, the AP has learned, Honduran prosecutors have received as many as 150 formal complaints about death squad-style killings in the capital of Tegucigalpa, and at least 50 more in the economic hub of San Pedro Sula... All but about $11 million [for police in Honduras] has since been released based on a Congressional agreement with the State Department over how counterdrug operations involving the U.S. and investigations into civilian casualties are carried out. [Yes, let's cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid--as long as the right-wing death squads in Honduras remain fully funded!]
