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Honduras

Morning Roundup: December 27, 2011

By Luke Walker

New painkiller drug ten times stronger than Vicodin; violence in Honduras as cocaine trade expands; meth addict sentenced to ten years for choking and sexually assaulting his Chihuahua. MORE  

Honduras Now a Huge Transit Hub for US-Bound Cocaine

By Will Godfrey

Nearly half the cocaine in the US arrives via one small Central American nation, a trafficker's paradise with a rocketing murder rate. MORE  

Coast Guard Nabs Drug Sub off Honduras

By Jason Gotlieb

Elusive narco-subs often sink—along with their cargo—but Feds hunted this one down. MORE  

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