Honduran President Xiomara Castro issued President-elect Trump a stark warning earlier this week over his vow to pursue mass deportations when he returns to the White House, threatening to bar U.S. troops from the Latin American nation.
Faced with a hostile attitude of mass expulsion of our brothers, we would have to consider a change of our cooperation policies with the United States, especially in the military realm,” Castro said Wednesday during a televised speech.
U.S. troops have been present at the Soto Cano air base in the town of Comayagua — located outside the capital city of Tegucigalpa — for at least four decades, according to The Associated Press. Joint Task Force Bravo has occupied the area in order to stem the transnational flow of narcotics and other contraband but has not formally purchased a space for its forces, the outlet reported.