Honduras to Buy Drones From Ukraine to Fight Drug Trade
Asfura said the drones could help monitor remote areas and fight organized crime as Honduras deepens security cooperation with Ukraine.
- On Monday, Honduran President Nasry Asfura announced plans to acquire Ukrainian drones for border policing and anti-drug operations following his meeting in Kyiv with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
- Honduras faces a homicide rate of around 24 per 100,000 inhabitants, nearly four times the global average, while violent criminal groups like MS-13 and Barrio 18 operate amid increasing local drug production.
- Since the 2022 Russian invasion, Ukraine has become a global leader in drone warfare, with Zelensky stating Ukraine is "one of the strongest in the world" in military drone technologies.
- Asfura noted the systems could also support civilian agriculture, while the armed forces are discussing potential anti-crime operations with the United States.
- Last month, 19 people were killed in a community affected by drug route disputes, with five police officers slain near the Guatemalan border in an attack blamed on suspected narcotraffickers.
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Honduras will buy Ukrainian drones to fight drug trafficking, further evidence of Kyiv’s growing defense-industry clout. The two nations’ presidents met last week; Honduras is a transit route for South American cocaine into North America, and may be evolving into a producer as well as a conduit. Since Russia’s 2022 invasion, Ukraine has become a world leader in military drone technology, both in attack and defense. A dronemaker CEO recently flew…
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Honduras is currently working to strengthen security cooperation with foreign partners.
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Новое ВремяHonduras plans to buy drones from Ukraine for border security and anti-drug operations, the country's President Nasry Asfura told AFP on Monday.
"With its technology, Ukraine can help us to secure our borders even better and fight drug trafficking," says Honduras' President Nasry Asfura.
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