The president, Xiomara Castro, authorizes the security forces to “establish states of exception and suspend constitutional guarantees where necessary”.
Honduras President Xiomara Castro declared a national emergency on Thursday due to the insecurity recorded by the Central American nation and declared “war” on the criminal groups operating in Honduras territory. With this measure, Castro has instructed security authorities to “establish states of exception and suspend constitutional guarantees where necessary”. Likewise, it has ordered the military police and armed forces to carry out border checks.
The announcement by the Honduran president was part of the presentation of a national security plan by which the Central American country is “declaring war” against criminal groups involved in extortion, corruption and drug trafficking. “Extortion is commonplace in different parts of our country, it is one of the main causes of migration and the closure of small and medium-sized businesses,” the Honduran president said, according to the local newspaper ‘La Prensa’.
As Castro has explained, the main goal of his “anti-extortion plan” is to fight the maras and gangs active in the Honduran territory and especially in the streets of the capital Tegucigalpa. The head of state has emphasized that the government is now immersed in the search for those mechanisms that guarantee the restoration of the lost peace, she says, during the mandates of Porfirio Lobo (2010 -2014) and Juan Orlando Hernández (2014 – 2022) . .
Similarly, Castro has confirmed that he has instructed the telecommunications organization (Conatel) to monitor the sale of chips for telephones, a process that will henceforth only be carried out after the buyer has been identified. On the economic front, the National Banking and Insurance Commission must also “take the necessary measures so that banking movements allow the identification of people”.
Source: La Verdad
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