There is such a group of people, they are heading north from Honduras, heading towards the United States in a caravan. In fact, we can't blame them. In fact, their own country is really hopeless.

There is such a group of people, they are heading north from Honduras , heading towards the United States in a caravan. We still have no hesitation in facing the wall on the US-Mexico border built by Trump . Why do they want to leave their country one after another? In fact, we can't blame them. In fact, their own country is really hopeless.

Honduras

The narrow strip connecting North and South America has three countries, namely El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. This time I will mainly talk about Honduras. Honduras is one of the few remaining diplomatic countries in the Gulf. Like El Salvador, it is full of violence and crime. In the past ten years, more than 20 people have died abnormally every day here. San Pedro Sula , the second largest city in Honduras, is known as the murder capital of the world. In this country, only funeral homes are open 24 hours a day, and ordinary people rush home before nightfall without exception. The underworld is the boss here, violence and crime occur frequently, and people not only have to pay taxes to the government, but also pay war taxes to the gangs. There was once a family that could not pay war taxes. The cruel gangsters kidnapped the daughter of the family and tortured her inhumanely for three days. The body was cut into pieces and buried everywhere.

The Honduran gangs

The gangs are so arrogant, is the Honduran government really indifferent? In fact, in Honduras, it is normal for most cases to be inconclusive. In many cases, the police only play a role in cleaning up the scene. Sometimes gangs even fight on the streets, and the police turn a deaf ear. The police in Honduras are inextricably linked to the gangs. Honduras is an important passage from Colombia and other drug-producing countries to the United States, a drug-consuming country. The huge profits have led to the involvement of many government employees and police officers. They and the gangs support each other and seize profits. .

In order to change the status quo, Honduras also made efforts to reform the police system in 2016. However, the entire system was seriously ill, and this seemingly symbolic reform ended in vain. In Honduras now, neither the country nor the people see hope. So as a sovereign country, why has Honduras fallen to the point where its citizens despise it?

Honduras

1502, Columbus discovered Honduras. In the early days, Honduras, like El Salvador and Guatemala, was a Spanish colony. It was not until 1838 that it became an independent country stably. Like many poor countries today, Honduras has experienced frequent military coups. From independence in 1821 to 1978, a total of 139 coups occurred in the 150 years, and the country has been in chaos for a long time. When the house leaked, it rained all night. At the end of the 19th century, the United States regarded Honduras as its fruit base and vigorously planted bananas in Honduras. They relied on their power to monopolize local railway shipping and electricity. The Honduran government could not control it at all or did not dare to control it. Until the mid-20th century, the Americans completely controlled Honduras. The single fruit production made Honduras’ economic structure very fragile. Once the world’s demand for bananas and other fruits decreased, the impact on the Honduras economy would be devastating.

The most obvious thing is that in 1968, international agricultural product prices fell, and the Honduran economy immediately faced collapse. In order to divert domestic conflicts, the Honduran government launched the famous football war : In the 1969 World Cup qualifiers, El Salvador and Honduras competed for the last World Cup spot. At home in Honduras, the Hondurans made various small moves in order to affect the game state of the Salvadoran players. In the end, Honduras defeated El Salvador. However, God has reincarnation. The next game was played at home in El Salvador. The Salvadorans followed the same pattern. At the end of the game, El Salvador defeated Honduras. The third game was held in Mexico . The final game went to overtime. The result was a narrow win of 3:2 for El Salvador. Honduras. Originally, Hondurans were not interested in El Salvador, but this time the score completely ignited the dissatisfaction of Hondurans.Large-scale riots against El Salvador broke out in the capital of Honduras. In order to support the Salvadorans in Honduras, El Salvador directly used its air force to attack the Honduran air base. A war broke out between the two countries! The Honduran Air Force launched a counterattack, first bombing the airport in El Salvador and then bombing the oil refining facilities on the coast of El Salvador to cut off the supply of the Air Force. At the same time, El Salvador dispatched 12,000 ground troops to invade Honduras and occupied some towns on the border. In the days that followed, a battle broke out between the two sides in the air and on the ground. On the sixth day of the war, the United States and other Central American countries came to start a fight. They fought just over a football match. It was really unjustifiable. In addition, some American bosses spoke, so both sides stopped. More than 2,000 people died on both sides in this war. Both sides suffered heavy losses in the war. It can be said that there was no winner.

Honduran gangs

In 1972, in order to change the status quo, the Honduran government passed the land reform law, the following year passed the minimum wage law, and also allowed farmers to engage in labor unions. However, in 1974, Honduras was hit by the powerful hurricane , which brought heavy rains and floods. A large amount of land and orchards were submerged, and a large number of Hondurans lost the orchards and farms they depended on for survival. By 1970, a drug trafficking route emerged from South America to the United States via Honduras. Honduras's important transportation location determined that its citizens would play an important role in the drug trafficking route. Various forces in Honduras frequently launch coups with the support of drug lords. A large number of Hondurans are involved in drug trafficking, including the government and police. In 1981, in order to suppress the socialist regime in Nicaragua, the United States needed to train anti-government armed forces in Honduras. Therefore, even though it knew that Honduras was selling drugs throughout the country, it still chose to turn a blind eye! This situation did not improve until the late 1980s, when the Reagan administration in the United States arrested a large number of drug dealers in order to combat drug activities. A large number of Hondurans in the United States were arrested and sent back to Honduras to serve their sentences. These people basically have gang backgrounds. Riots often occur in Honduran prisons, and the government and police are completely powerless. In this way, gangs have rapidly risen in society. In some communities, gangs have even more say than the Honduran government and police.

In this way, Honduras is getting further and further down the road of gangs and drug trafficking. So far, Hondurans still see no hope.