The improvements to the Rio Claro military base began just weeks after Xatruch II, a military–police joint task force, arrived in the Aguan. Honduras sent a Xatruch II unit to participate in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004, and at least two of the commanding officers of the Xatruch II deployment in the Aguan participated in Iraq.
El gobierno de Honduras mandó a la unidad Xatruch II a participar en el Operativo Libertad Iraquí en el 2004, y por lo menos dos de los oficiales al mando del despliegue de Xatruch II en Aguan participaron en Irak.