Honduran migrants have taken over San Francisco’s drug market with the aid and blessing of Mexican cartels, according to a new report.
The Hondurans work on the front lines distributing to users, capitalizing on the lax immigration and crime policies of the California sanctuary city, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
They operate brazen open-air markets in the in city’s notoriously blighted Tenderloin and South of Market neighborhoods, where they have squeezed competition out through their highly-coordinated organization and sheer numbers, according to the report.
The migrants often commute to their street-dealing posts via public transportation and “conduct business like they’re going to a job,” San Francisco Mayor London Breed told the outlet.
San Francisco is seen as a target for “Hondos,” a slang term for Honduran drug dealers, because of its lax policies stemming from bail reform and its “sanctuary city” designation, according to the report.
“[I]n San Francisco, it’s like you’re here in Honduras,” an anonymous dealer told the Chronicle. “The law, because they don’t deport, that’s the problem … Many look for San Francisco because it’s a sanctuary city. You go to jail and you come out.” --->READ MORE HERE
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Honduran drug dealers have made a business hub out of San Francisco due to the progressive city’s sanctuary laws for illegal immigration, fueling the nation’s fentanyl epidemic and the visible decline of a major American city.
San Francisco’s accommodative approach to illegal immigration makes it appealing to sell there, Honduran dealers told the San Francisco Chronicle as part of an in-depth investigation into how Honduran nationals have come to play a dominant role in the city’s drug crisis.
Under current San Francisco law, last amended in July 2016, city employees are forbidden from using city resources to cooperate with any ICE investigation, detention, or arrest relating to an illegal immigration case. The law also prohibits ICE from placing holds on local prisoners so they can be deported upon their release from jail, the publication noted.
A Honduran dealer told the Chronicle that San Francisco is a hot spot for drug work because those illegal immigrants who are caught are less likely to be deported.
“The reason is because, in San Francisco, it’s like you’re here in Honduras,” another dealer said. “The law, because they don’t deport, that’s the problem. … Many look for San Francisco because it’s a sanctuary city. You go to jail and you come out.”
San Francisco drug arrests have dropped significantly in recent years. Only 734 were made in 2021, followed by 929 in 2022. In 2015, 1,273 were made, according to data obtained by the Chronicle. This is despite fentanyl sales increasing during the pandemic, the outlet said. Honduran dealers also started controlling the open-air drug markets in the Tenderloin and South of Market neighborhoods during the Covid crisis. --->READ MORE HERE
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