At least 17 people were killed and more than a battle between drug gangs cocaine separate shipment of the Mosquito Coast of Honduras, government officials said on Tuesday.
Nicaraguan people led by a local drug gang allegedly between death, prosecutors said Roberto Ramirez, and some other victims may also have been foreigners.
Fighting took place on Monday swamps, rugged coast, most cocaine traffickers through Honduras, Mexico and the United States on the road to move.
Death toll from any single battle in poor Central American country one of the highest in recent years. General Rene Osorio told local media, the dispute erupted about 700 kilograms of cocaine (1500 pounds) of the shipment.
Linked to organized crime violence in Honduras sky rocketed in recent years, partly due to the presence of Mexican drug gangs who use the Central American countries contraband transit station.
Honduras's highest murder rates in the world, according to the United Nations, with 87 killings per 100,000 people.
 



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