Ep. 36: Part II - The Drug War Cover-up: Lies Are Exposed But Still No Justice
08/30/22 • 34 min
This is Part II (Ep. 35) of the three part Drug War Cover-Up series that describes the incidents surrounding the DEA-led drug interdiction operation known as the Ahuas massacre on May 11, 2012.
In Part II, host Karen Spring describes what happened in the weeks and years following the massacre including whether the DEA was held accountable, what happened in Washington, DC in the incident's aftermath, and 10 years later, how the victims feel about the justice process or lack thereof.
See the Youtube video published by the New York Times narrated at the beginning of the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96iR0ICpQZY
Read the report "Collateral Damage of a Drug War The May 11 Killings in Ahuas and the Impact of the U.S. War on Drugs in La Moskitia, Honduras": https://cepr.net/documents/publications/honduras-2012-08.pdf
Watch U.S. Congressional representative Ilhan Omar questioning the State Department about the massacre: https://twitter.com/Ilhan/status/1489378251558555649
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This is Part II (Ep. 35) of the three part Drug War Cover-Up series that describes the incidents surrounding the DEA-led drug interdiction operation known as the Ahuas massacre on May 11, 2012.
In Part II, host Karen Spring describes what happened in the weeks and years following the massacre including whether the DEA was held accountable, what happened in Washington, DC in the incident's aftermath, and 10 years later, how the victims feel about the justice process or lack thereof.
See the Youtube video published by the New York Times narrated at the beginning of the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96iR0ICpQZY
Read the report "Collateral Damage of a Drug War The May 11 Killings in Ahuas and the Impact of the U.S. War on Drugs in La Moskitia, Honduras": https://cepr.net/documents/publications/honduras-2012-08.pdf
Watch U.S. Congressional representative Ilhan Omar questioning the State Department about the massacre: https://twitter.com/Ilhan/status/1489378251558555649
Follow Honduras Now on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hondurasnow/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HondurasNow
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HondurasNow
Check out the show notes at: hondurasnow.org
Thank you to our listeners and to the people that donate to this podcast. We can't do it without you!
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/honduras-now-podcast/donations
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Ep. 35: Part I - The Drug War Cover-Up: A Botched DEA Mission Kills Innocent Indigenous Hondurans
On May 11, 2012, a passenger boat was traveling on the Patuca river in a remote region in eastern Honduras. The 16 passengers were headed to the village of Ahuas. Right as they were about to dock, they were attacked by DEA agents & Honduran police that were involved in an alleged drug interdiction operation.
This episode describes what happened that night and shares extensive testimony from the survivors and eyewitnesses themselves.
This episode is Part One of a three episode series: The Drug War Cover Up.
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Ep. 37: Part III - The Drug War Cover-Up: The Push for Accountability
This is part three of a three-part series, the Drug War Cover-up series that describes the incidents surrounding the DEA-led drug interdiction operation known as the Ahuas massacre on May 11, 2012.
In Part three, host Karen Spring speaks with journalist and researcher, Dawn Marie Paley about the effects of the drug war in the Americas. Paley talks about how people going about their daily life are affected by the drug war, and what accountability may look like.
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Read Dawn's book, Drug War Capitalism: https://www.akpress.org/drug-war-capitalism.html
Find Dawn's work at: https://www.dawnpaley.ca/
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