The United States Needs to Expand Security Cooperation with Honduras
On January 24, 2014, Honduran President-elect Juan Orlando Hernández is set to take the oath of office. This inauguration comes at a time when the Central American nation is in the midst of the worst security and financial crisis of its existence. Drug trafficking organizations and related violence have elevated murder rates in Honduras to the highest in the world.[1] Along with the violence is the growing problem of gangs and cartels that spill over its borders and hinder economic development throughout the region.