Pardon the Corruption
Don Moynihan
The President of the United States has said that preventing the flow of drugs from South America into the U.S. is a national priority. On that basis, the U.S. military is killing alleged drug traffickers without due process. It is also preparing to invade Venezuela. Trump says the leader there is involved in narcoterrorism, justifying the extraordinary step of war.
But if Trump is opposed to drug trafficking from south of the border, why did he just pardon another leader in the region who was part of a massive drug trafficking ring? Juan Orlando Hernández, the former President of Honduras, was tried and convicted of exactly the accusations that Trump is using to drum up a pretext for war against Venezuela. Hernández was convicted of receiving millions from violent drug gangs for facilitating the flow of 400 tonnes of cocaine into America, while corrupting state institutions.
A prosecutor reported that Hernández boasted to drug dealers that “together they were going to shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” An agent who worked the Hernández case said: “It means any attempt to work your investigations to the highest levels is meaningless.”
Trump is also invading Democratic cities with military or paramilitary forces. His justifications for their presence is to improve public safety and enable his immigration sweeps. Trump officials label protests of federal officials in Democratic cities as “insurrection,” justifying the federal presence.
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