Honduras wants to purchase Ukrainian drones to combat drug trafficking
Honduras plans to purchase drones from Ukraine as part of efforts to combat drug trafficking and strengthen border security, President Nasri Asfoura said on Monday.
Honduras plans to purchase drones from Ukraine as part of efforts to combat drug trafficking and strengthen border security, President Nasri Asfoura said on Monday.
Euronews reports this.
Last week, Asfoura met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv. During the talks, Zelensky proposed cooperation in the field of military technology, including unmanned systems.
Speaking to AFP journalists in Panama during the General Assembly of the Organization of American States, Asfoura said that these technologies will help authorities monitor remote areas and combat crime.
"We are talking about drones to protect our borders, to effectively guard them, and to combat organized crime with the help of high-tech equipment," he said.
Asfura added that Ukraine "can greatly help us in further strengthening our borders and combating drug trafficking," and called the issue "a matter of national security."
The drug problem of Honduras
Honduras has long been used as a transit route for cocaine from South America to the north. In addition, the country is increasingly concerned about local coca cultivation and cocaine processing activities. Law enforcement agencies have discovered plantations and laboratories in remote areas, raising fears that the country is transforming from a simple transit corridor into an active link in the drug production chain.
Drug trafficking thrives alongside powerful criminal gangs, including gangs such as MS-13 and Barrio 18, which have long been associated with extortion, violence, and territorial control. Honduras has a homicide rate of about 24 per 100,000 inhabitants, almost four times the global average.
Just last month, 19 people died in one of the communities affected by drug-trafficking clashes, and five police officers were killed in an attack blamed on suspected drug traffickers near the Guatemalan border.
The planned purchase of drones is part of a broader effort by Honduras to strengthen security cooperation with foreign partners. The country's armed forces recently said they were discussing possible anti-crime operations with the United States, while Asfura noted that the Ukrainian drones could also be used for civilian purposes, such as in agriculture.
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