TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran lawmakers on Friday approved legislation allowing the government to shoot down planes suspected of trafficking illegal drugs through the poor nation that has been hit by deepening gang violence.
The legislation authorizes progressive use of force to make unidentified aircraft land. Only the country's defence minister can order that a plane be shot down, the legislation said.
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