Puerto Cortés

[ pwer-taw kawr-tes ]

noun

1. a seaport in NW Honduras.

Example Sentences

They said he also allegedly introduced members of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel to Honduran officials to provide the cartel with access to the shipping hub in Puerto Cortés, Honduras.

From Seattle Times

She said hurricane flooding destroyed their home in the coastal town of Puerto Cortés.

From Los Angeles Times

“The defendant’s drug lab was a short distance to Honduras’ biggest port city, Puerto Cortes, and Juan Orlando wanted the defendant’s cocaine so he could export it through that port.

From Seattle Times

Mr. Hernández offered up the services of the Honduran armed forces and the attorney general’s office to facilitate cocaine transportation, and noted his own interest in accessing Mr. Fuentes’s cocaine laboratory, which was near Puerto Cortés, a major commercial shipping port, prosecutors said.

From New York Times

Puerto Cortés, from which tankers loaded with Honduran products sail for the United States.

From Washington Post