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July 9, 2012

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