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In Honduras, authorities have incinerated over 3 million coca bushes, the largest incineration of the crop ever carried out in the country.
In today’s #CriminalThreads, we explore the progress of coca cultivation in Honduras. 🧵
In today’s #CriminalThreads, we explore the progress of coca cultivation in Honduras. 🧵
Coca crop discoveries have steadily increased in Honduras over the past decade, signaling the country’s potential transformation from a drug trafficking corridor to a coca producer. rb.gy/z1gw2
After years experimenting with cultivating the crop, criminal groups began to expand both coca cultivation and cocaine production efforts. rb.gy/9rwk4
Over time, drug trafficking groups have begun to establish more laboratories, enabling them to produce cocaine hydrochloride in Honduras. rb.gy/vtvd8
A recent US State Department report analyzing the international drug trafficking landscape indicated that coca cultivation and production in Honduras is expanding at a worrying rate. rb.gy/h69e3
Although the need for crop eradication in the country shows the capacity of organized crime to cultivate coca, it is still too early to consider Honduras a major cocaine producing country. rb.gy/9iy8r
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