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Un informe generalizado aquí, transmitido por varias fuentes no americanas, es que en octubre pasado Estados Unidos le dijo al general Humberto Regalado Hernández, jefe de las fuerzas armadas, que definitivamente había identificado a cinco hondureños clave.
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Clasificación
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UAMC.MAGC.01
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15 FEB.
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cers nrc so <·los", hO\\·cver, that tl1 cre
can t>l: littlc que:;tion o Washington's
knowl cdgc of the currcnt s11u :11 10n.
One wid cspre:J.d rcport hcrc, r clayed
hy variou s non-Am cncan sourccs. is
th at last Oc~obrr thc U.S. told Gen.
Humbcrto Rega lado l!crnándcz. chtcf
of the arrn cd forces, that il had dcfinitely iden tificd five kcy Honduran
colon els as involvcd in the drug traffic.
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Colonei s are th e se nior officcrs; there
• is only one genera l, the boss.
The D,E.A. wa s persuaded not to
act on its inforrnat ion, according to
1 this r eport, so as not to cnd ange r Hnn-.
duran coopc r ation in the con tra war.
TEGUCIGAL PA, Honduras
In stead. a comprornisc was s:ruck t,y
This is impe;·ialism in reversc. 011
wo wars that Arn eric ans thi nk
which thc colonc ls were 10 be rethc streets of the u.s. lt is thc vast u.s.
· of qu ite separ ately have bcgun
moved from posts where th ey could
markct fo r coca me that makcs it possi' l.o converge in m iddle America.
be acti ve. Thi s w as a doubl c-edged
ble. Btl! it has been abcuccl by U.S. poiiIt is a m aucr of priori ties tha t overdea l, since it left the thrcat of fu ture '\ cíes attempting to mam pulatc wcak
lap and distort pol icy decisions.
revela tion s in Washington's tumds.
and poo r La un countn e. in sen ·ice of
One is Washin gton's proclaimed
But now; the Hou se vo te agé!'i nst
the Reagan Administrauon 's vcrsion
"war on drugs.': Thc mher rs rts pro xy
fu rther a id 10 th<: contras has ooened
of the antl-Communist cru snde.
war against the Sano:nista Governnew questi ons of who can wei gh 011
The quesuon isn't a matter oi choosmcnt in Ni ~ara g ua nnd Commumstwhom . so far, th e repon say , the
ing between support for fn endlv.
back<.'d rebcls elscwhc:·e in the rcgion.
co!onels r ema in whcrc thcy wcre. :Sur democ r at ic reglmes in Lar m Anwrica
The conflict has ,llrea dy emerged in
nei the r are thc Hondur ans m ak ing
and i ight:ng drugs. lt is find in!! thc wav
a harsh, ugly coniromatwn wirh Panaany problems in th e frantic u.s. ef fon
to promote bmh r.eeds. Caven ::tcrwn
ma's strongman. Gen. Manuel Anton io
to deliver all the suppl ies it car~ beand proxy war requ ire less th:111
:Norlega, which is likely to get worse
. fore the lega l M arch 1 cuwff date.
scn.1pulous col laborato rs. Wnh so
befare therc is anv rcsolution .. ow it is. ..
lf thc ban rem a ms 111 force and the
mL!(.h m une·¡ avat lable in thc dr t;o
.l: surfact'ng here ,. n -Hor~du ras, which has
m arket. linkagc·
wa r winds down, the equa tion
- becomcs Jlnws r in~viprovidcd the esscnt ia l bases and supchanges. The Honduran base would
table in the <ole r ance of dirtv tricks.
ply routes to keep the contra inSU(dim inish in im ponance to th c U.S.,
Thi s is another r cason (O support the
:gency going against Nicar agua .
though presuma bly :nilitary a id Central A menean peuc~ plan. not only
¡ Honduran officia ls reac tcd with
would be continued for Honduras so
in Hs att emp t to end civil war s but Jlso
lon g as it is squE-ezed betwecn the in its polir rcal 3nd devclnp menr nmbi1pained dismay agai nst chargP:. of th(;i r
: milita'ry's involverncnt in thc drug
Sandinistas and the Salvado ran
tiuP.s. Thc U.S. will always hve ncxt
re bels. But th en the D.E.A. would
doo r LO Cent ral A011 cr: ca, and necos a
:traffic to th e U.S., whi ch were publtshed in The New York Tim es la st Frihave more cl o:.Jt in the interrnm able beuer. longer-tcnn VJell' of wh¡¡t will
.day. They say their Govern men t asked
Washmgton battlcs about wtre re encourage a hea lthy nci¡!h borhootl.
1for a pcrmancnt rep r cscntn tive of the
Ame rica ·5 prilll e imercst real ly lics.
Ba'-"'·'·: "uerrilia v. ar puts gr ea rcr
' U.S. Drug En forct'm cn t Ap,<!ncy in TeThere wa s a similar conflict uf ~n t e r- U.S. sccum} ~ r;¡ ~ ¡ csts at risk.
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gucigalpa back in 193 ~ . re¡ected th en
es rs dunng the Vietnam War, whé·n the ~
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becau ~e Washrn!!toll drdrl't consider 1t
C.l.A. indulged drug traffic frorn thc
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an impc.; tanr rou re in thc !ratle. The
hinterland in return for IOC:! l coopera Hol;durJnS ::tlso delivcred a coup!e of
tion. The murk y L at m Am~ncan drug
peoplc for tn al in the U.S., though wi thsccne dwurfs tha t expe ricnce.
out full exr•-.1dit111n procedures.
lt is closc r to horn e. with mor ,~ com plex :.: nd dan glTous poll tic :.JI tmpltc aBut a lot has h<!f' pcncd smce then.
American offlctals, seck u1g to dcfcnd
tions, and rn:duccs wea lth fc.1r bí'yond
both thc l! ondura ns aml thcmselves,
thc nauon al bw.lgets of m any cou nsay lt is onl y 1rrrn tly rh:l! thi~ cou nrry
t r i ~:; m tite rt'~llnl . Thc imrn :: nsny of
has bcrc l!le a sr~lll ttrant w.\y rn rnc on
thc nwnry gcnl'!'a tetl is re: l!'c tcd m
the Colornbwn drug h:trons ' tr:ul herhe oifer bv LulomiH:t' s ML'Ul'llin carcau se o( O.E.A. succrssc s tnnnern•pt·
tt'l to pay ufi tlw rountry·s $ 10 htliwn
lng sh1pmcnts on mo re tllrcr t rourcs.
forr rgn dcht if B o~ or ;t cam:cl s Jt s exRcl ari,n s ul'! Wl' l'll U.S. rm l:t ry,
tr<~dHIUn cre:11y wnh Washm~Lun .
C. l. A. a mi Sta te Dl'pJrtnH ·nt 1 rp r e- ,
~ sentatlvcs and :;cnwr Hon<.'ur:u1 il ffl.
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Wars
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Materia
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Un informe generalizado aquí, transmitido por varias fuentes no americanas, es que en octubre pasado Estados Unidos había identificado a cinco hondureños clave, coroneles involucrados en el narcotráfico.
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Persona o institución mencionada
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Manuel Antonio Noriega
