Newly appointed police chief Jose David Aguilar Moran delivers a speech during a ceremony at the police academy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera
IBTimes: Honduras police chief helped drug cartel move a tonne of cocaine worth $20 million - Report
Jose David Aguilar Moran allegedly helped release a truck of drugs for Wilter Blanco.
A secret report alleges that one of the top brass of the Honduras police may have been involved in smuggling drugs for the cartel. According to the information made available to the Associated Press, the newly-appointed national police chief Jose David Aguilar Moran instructed officers to hold back on raid involving close to a tonne of cocaine.
The security report claims that Moran — who was sworn in to his new position last week — called off a 2013 police raid on a truck that was allegedly packed with cocaine. The drugs, which would have had a street value of around $20m (£14.1m), were instead given a police escort to the home of convicted drug trafficker Wilter Blanco.
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Update #1: Secret report: Honduras’ new top cop helped cartel move coke (AP)
Update #2: Excerpt from secret Honduran report on new top cop (AP)
WNU Editor: A divisive election campaign and result .... Honduran president set to take power after bloody election chaos (Reuters) .... and now these corruption allegations. It is hard to be optimistic that the future for Honduras is a promising one.
