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Sana Khan

Honduras Defense Minister, Deputy Step Down Over Drug Trafficking Accusations

According to the Colombian police, the criminal organization named Los Curva earned more than $2 billion every year in profits by smuggling drugs. This is a representational image. (Credit: AFP)

Honduras' Minister of Defense José Manuel Zelaya Rosales and his father, who served as a deputy, resigned over the weekend after being accused of having ties to drug trafficking.

Both officials were related to President Xiomara Castro, with Rosales being her nephew and his father, her brother-in-law. Their resignation came Saturday -- three days after Castro canceled the extradition treaty with the United States.

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