The United States has suspended the sharing of radar intelligence with Honduras after its Air Force shot down two suspected drug planes, which violated U.S. agreements, the State Department said Friday. According to the Associated Press, Western Hemispheric Affairs Office spokesman William Ostick said the decision was made after two separate July incidents, in which aircraft were shot down off the coast of northern Honduras. Ostick said that a bilateral agreement prohibits shooting down civilian aircraft. The State Department and drug enforcement agents conducted a joint operation with Honduran forces until mid-July, pursuing planes carrying cocaine into the country. Honduran President Porfirio Lobo said Thursday that he had replaced the head of the Honduran Air Force in August as a result of the incident.
