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U.S. Agents Kill Drug-Smuggling Suspect in Honduras

HeadlineJul 09, 2012

The United States has confirmed agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration have carried out another killing in Honduras. The DEA says two agents shot and killed a man who had made a “threatening gesture” after U.S. and Honduran agents converged on the site of a plane crash in eastern Honduras linked to drug smuggling. It was the second killing by U.S. agents inside Honduras in less than a month. In May, four civilians — including two pregnant women — were killed in a raid involving U.S. agents, although Honduran forces were said to have fired the fatal shots.

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