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Judi Lynn

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Sat Aug 27, 2016, 11:36 PM Aug 2016

Honduras to get technology from Israel to fight organized crime

Honduras to get technology from Israel to fight organized crime

August 22, 2016 6:48am

RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — President Juan Orlando Hernandez of Honduras said his country has signed an agreement with Israel for “cutting-edge technology” to help his army fight organized crime.

Hernandez said the agreement, which will be submitted to the legislature for its approval, will be used to battle “the highest levels of crime in the last 15 years.”

Calling the pact “pivotal to the growth of the Honduran nation,” the president said it “will allow the strengthening of our armed forces with capabilities we have probably never had.”

The agreement was announced in light of the 52nd anniversary of the founding of the army’s 2nd Airborne Infantry Battalion, the Spanish-language Iton Gadol news service reported Sunday.

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http://www.jta.org/2016/08/22/news-opinion/world/honduras-to-get-technology-from-israel-to-fight-organized-crime

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Honduras to get technology from Israel to fight organized crime (Original Post) Judi Lynn Aug 2016 OP
By which they probably mean surveillance equipment to keep tabs on activists and the press. forest444 Aug 2016 #1

forest444

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1. By which they probably mean surveillance equipment to keep tabs on activists and the press.
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 10:23 AM
Aug 2016

The only "organized crime" that interests them.

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