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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduran President Porfirio Lobo says he has gotten death threats from business owners angered by his plan to raise taxes to fund better security.

The 5 percent tax on bank accounts of more than $5,000 along with taxes on cellphone sales, mining exports and casinos aims to raise $400 million over five years to equip police, the army, prosecutors and the Supreme Court to fight organized crime.

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