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Security & Strategic Review - May 2015 (ISSN 1741-4202)
HONDURAS-US: Special Marine task force will be based in Palmerola
The US embassy in Tegucigalpa announced on 9 May that Honduras and the US would be conducting within a few days a joint civic-military exercise to improve rapid-response procedures, which will enable both countries to be ‘better prepared for the challenges they face.’ A month earlier the story had been phrased somewhat differently by Honduran defence minister Samuel Reyes: the US had filed a request for the entry of a military contingent to Honduras, while media reports spoke of the US wishing to base a special task force at the Soto Cano airbase in Palmerola. The emphasis appears to have been nuanced for PR purposes.
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