TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS -- “It’s sad how the United States is supporting this corrupt government,” Honduran political prisoner Edwin Espinal told MintPress News immediately after his release from prison, where he had spent 19 months. Edwin’s case -- and the medieval violence to which U.S.-trained police in Honduras tried to subject me -- perfectly
US Trained Honduran Police Get Medieval as Political Prisoner Edwin Espinal Released
The Honduran corruption canard keeps the focus on police resources and individuals rather than on the pangs of privatization, and so it is often the line favored by the U.S. State Department.