The Landing Strip
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It’s one of the poorest countries in Latin America, and a hotbed for the international drug trade. With eight percent of the drugs that come into the United States passing through its borders, the mark left on Honduras is dark, and plagued with destruction. Here, traffickers control a trade so powerful that unsuspecting citizens are often faced with choosing between a bullet, a bribe, or a last resort: making the treacherous journey north, in mass migrations into the United States.
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