The ranch was owned by Mario Hernandez, a congressmen killed by unknown gunmen in November 2008.
According to Juilian Gonzalez, anti-narcotics director fo the national attorney general’s office, Hernandez sold his property to his driver shortly before his death. He said investigators believe the property -- known around town as the ''Mexican ranch'' -- was used by drug traffickers tied to Mexico's powerful Sinaloa cartel.
"The company had been a front for providing pseudoephedrine to drug cartels," Gonzalez said.
Honduras is well known for being a big-time transit country for drug smuggling, which authorities believe has increased since the United States limited military cooperation to protest the coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
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