In a joint raid last month, Honduran police and agents from America's Drug Enforcement Administration seized about half a tonne of cocaine on theMosquitoCoast, but also killed four people whom locals say had nothing to do with the drug transfer.
The water is also an excellent breeding ground for mosquitoes, particularly in the warm, wet climate of the Gulf Coast, which could mean a spike in mosquito-borne illnesses such as West Nile virus.