Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández said on Tuesday that there were many security achievements thanks to the national police in his tenure.
At the inauguration of the facilities in the new National Directorate for Community Prevention and Safety in Tegucigalpa, Hernández assured that, although “someone wants to question” the institution’s fight against organized crime, it will not stop.
“Today ‘s work @PoliceHonduras against organized crime in Honduras and is done in an American office “, he wrote in his account Twitter President, referring to the allegations made by the New York Prosecutor’s Office where he is linked to alleged drug traffickers and possible actions of the former cops.
JOH added that he reaffirms “the many achievements, I will take heart and defend this institution.”
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The facilities were delivered in the San Miguel neighborhood from the Honduran capital where He highlighted the security changes due to state security forces.
“It’s impressive to see the transformation of the police, but especially its results in the fight against insecurity; today we are here in the San Miguel neighborhood, giving them a modern building,” the president said in another tweet.
“Today, the police have grown not only in terms of capabilities, but also in the treatment of citizens; we have managed to reduce the homicide rate by 60% and we continue to fight to provide the best for Honduras; we are proud of the police, of comprehensiveness. and performance, “he said in his inaugural speech.
The new buildings aim to extend the security of the sector, which is a very important access road in the country, so that the flow of people requires an increase in coverage by the police institution, according to the police authorities.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday opened a lawsuit against alleged Honduran drug trafficker Geovanny Fuentes Ramírez, whom he assured had worked with Hernández for years and described Honduras as a “narco-state.”
Hernández denied any involvement at any time, which he reiterated on Monday via Twitter, in a series of messages in which he also issued a warning to 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 benefits from the United States through false testimony, the alliance the international community would collapse with Honduras. “
Hernández 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.