former president of Honduras.

Convicted of taking cartel money and moving literal tons of cocaine into the U.S.

Meanwhile, his administration has spent months blowing up small boats

in the Caribbean in the name of “drug interdiction.”

So let’s be clear

Small traffickers get lethal-force raids.

A narco-president gets a political favor.

This was never about drugs.

It’s about power, loyalty, and who the rules actually apply to.

There’s a red box and a red circle drawn over Puerto Rico right now.

Both labeled “temporary.” Both authorized by the Department of Defense.

No press release. No public hearing. No explanation.

The official line? Counter-narcotics.

The pattern? Reoccupation by paperwork.

Read the full piece:

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will host its second annual two-day open-ended intergovernmental expert group meeting on the global synthetic drug problem. Discussions will focus on international integrated responses in four key areas: multilateralism, counternarcotics interventions, early warning and health responses.

UNODC Synthetic Drug Strategy

Watch the Open-ended intergovernmental expert group meeting on the global synthetic drug problem!

Some of us don’t need to pull photos off the internet. Here are my two Kukri knives. The top one was giving to me by “Rabbit” my head Gurkha. In Kandahar I had a six man Nepalese security detail. Not all had been in the Gurkha Regiment but that is what we called them. Rabbit brought it back for me when he went home to visit. It is red because it is more ceremonial to symbolize our friendship.

The bottom one was a sign of appreciation from the Gurkhas in Kabul when I was on a different counter narcotics program. They wanted to show their appreciation for taking care of them when cool gear came my way.