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Janine Jackson

Five Years Later, US Admits It Lied About DEA Role In Deadly Honduran Shooting

Top DEA officials lied repeatedly to the Justice Department and to Congress about the deadly 2012 shootings in Honduras that left four civilians, including a 14-year old, dead.

May 30th, 2017
Janine Jackson
May 30th, 2017
By Janine Jackson
Honduran soldiers stand next to a plane in Brus Laguna , Honduras. A joint Honduran-U.S DEA drug raid targeted civilians in the remote jungle area, killing four riverboat passengers and injuring four others. (AP/Rodrigo Abd)

A Justice and State Department review reveals that top Drug Enforcement Administration officials lied repeatedly to Justice and to Congress about deadly shootings in Honduras in May 2012—including an incident off the Mosquito Coast in which a boat was fired on, killing four passengers, among them a 14-year-old boy. DEA officials long maintained,

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