Drug Trafficking

Honduran President Was Washington's Man, Until He Wasn't

Propped up in large part as a bulwark against a leftist political insurgency, Juan Orlando Hernandez's usefulness to American interests has apparently diminished sufficiently for his indictment on drug trafficking charges to proceed. 

CIA Director John Deutch at Los Angeles Town Hall in 1996 Denies Agency Sold Cocaine in City

A town hall meeting in Los Angeles grew heated when the CIA director denied allegations published by reporter Gary Webb that the Agency was involved in importing and distributing drugs to South Central Los Angeles.