Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
The President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, stated on Tuesday that many successes have been achieved in terms of security thanks to the National Police in his term.
In the inauguration of the facilities of the new National Directorate of Prevention and Community Safety in Tegucigalpa, Hernández has assured that even if “the fight against this crime against organized crime is to be questioned”, it will not stop.
“The work of the @PoliciaHonduras against organized crime in Honduras and is being done in a US office, “he wrote in his account twitter the president, referring to the accusations made by the New York Prosecutor’s Office where he is linked to alleged drug traffickers and mentions possible actions of former police officers.
JOH added that he reaffirms “the many successes achieved, I will put my chest and defend this institution.”
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The delivery of the facilities took place in the Sant Miquel colony of the Honduran capital on highlighted the changes in security thanks to the state security forces.
“It is impressive to see the police transformation but especially its results in the fight against insecurity; today we are here in the Sant Miquel colony, handing them a modern building,” the president said in another tweet.
“Today the police have grown not only in capabilities, but also in the treatment of the citizen; we have managed to reduce the homicide rate by 60% and continue to strive to provide the best for Honduras; be proud of the Police, of their integrity and performance, “he said in his speech during the inauguration.
The new buildings aim to expand the security of the sector, which is a very important access road to the country, so that the flow of people requires an increase in coverage by the police institution, according to the police authorities.
The Federal Prosecutor’s Office of the Southern District of New York on Tuesday opened the trial against the alleged Honduran drug trafficker Geovanny Fonts Ramírez, on which he claimed that he collaborated for years with Hernández, and describing Honduras as a “narco-state”.
Hernandez has denied any involvement at all times, something he reiterated on Monday via Twitter, in a series of messages in which he also issued a warning in Washington.
The Honduran president said he would maintain the “international alliance in the fight against drug trafficking” until the end of his term, but warned that if drug traffickers, “with the magic key of lies, gain US profits by false testimony, the alliance would collapse with Honduras. “
Hernandez has been a close ally of the United States since 2014, first with President Barack Obama (2019-2017) and later from 2017 until January of this year with Donald Trump.