Editing Armed Forces of Honduras (section)

===1980s===
Events during the 1980s in [[El Salvador]] and [[Nicaragua]] led [[Honduras]] – with [[United States|US]] assistance – to expand its [[military|armed forces]] considerably, laying particular emphasis on its [[Honduran Air Force|air force]], which came to include a squadron of US-provided [[Northrop F-5|F-5]]s.

The military unit [[Battalion 3-16 (Honduras)|Battalion 316]] carried out political [[assassination]]s and the [[torture]] of suspected political opponents of the government during this same period. Battalion members received training and support from the United States [[Central Intelligence Agency]], in [[Honduras]], at U.S. military bases<ref name="baltimoresun_battalion316">{{cite news|first=Gary |last=Cohn |author2=Ginger Thompson |title=When a wave of torture and murder staggered a small U.S. ally, truth was a casualty |date=1995-06-11 |newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-negroponte1a,0,294534.story |access-date=2009-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522165946/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-negroponte1a,0,294534.story |archive-date=2011-05-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and in [[Chile]] during the presidency of the dictator [[Augusto Pinochet]].<ref name="Nizkor316">[[Equipo Nizkor]], [http://www.margen.org/articu/nizkor1.html LA APARICION DE OSAMENTAS EN UNA ANTIGUA BASE MILITAR DE LA CIA EN HONDURAS REABRE LA PARTICIPACION ARGENTINO-NORTEAMERICANA EN ESE PAIS.], ''[[Margen]]'' {{in lang|es}}</ref> [[Amnesty International]] estimated that at least 184 people [[forced disappearance|"disappeared"]] from 1980 to 1992 in Honduras, most likely due to actions of the Honduran military.<ref name="AI_honduras_1980s">{{cite web| title =Honduras: Still waiting for justice| publisher =[[Amnesty International]]| year =1998| url =https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr37/004/1998/en/ | access-date =2009-07-27 }}</ref>