Corrupt Honduras Police

I think I have mentioned here that Honduras was the worst country for getting pulled over and being asked for bribes. Well, it looks like things may be heading for a change in Honduras. I imagine this will take a very long time to clean up the police force and an even longer time to clean up their tarnished image.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-15586060

“Honduras arrests 176 police in corruption purge”

“A total of 176 Honduran police officers have been arrested in a purge against corruption and organised crime, the authorities there say.”

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These officers were arrested on suspicion of much bigger charges than just demanding bribes at traffic stops but this signals the start of a new effort to clean up the force. Hopefully in a few years travelers will have better luck than us. We never actually paid a fine but the stops take time and are quite annoying. Corrupt police can really change your opinion about an entire country.