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Caribbean & Central America - January 2005
HONDURAS: Domestic security to dominate elections
Domestic security is likely to be the big issue in the run-up to the presidential elections on 27 November 2005. General Romeo Vásquez, who was sworn in as the new head of the armed forces on 14 January, knows as much. Vásquez faces a daunting task in tackling organised crime in Honduras. On 23 December at least 26 people were killed in the
populous northern industrial city of San Pedro Sula when gunmen opened fire on a public bus. Days later, security forces claim they thwarted a plot to assassinate President Ricardo
Maduro.
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