Honduras plans to build a 20,000-capacity ... - Associated Press News
Jun 15, 2024 · TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The president of Honduras has announced the creation of a new 20,000-capacity “megaprison,” part of the government’s larger crackdown on gang violence and efforts to overhaul its long-troubled prison system.
Honduras wants to build West's only island prison colony and …
Jul 19, 2023 · President Xiomara Castro of Honduras, plans to build an isolated prison for 2,000 gang leaders on the Islas del Cisne archipelago 155 miles off the coast, part of a larger crackdown following the gang-related massacre of 46 women in one prison.
Honduras plans to build the only island prison colony in the ... - NBC News
Jul 19, 2023 · TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras plans to build the only island prison colony in the Western Hemisphere and send its most-feared gangsters there, tearing a page from neighboring El Salvador’s...
Honduras prison violence: Dozens killed in women's jail riot - BBC
Jun 21, 2023 · At least 46 women have been killed in a riot at a women's prison in Honduras on Tuesday. It is understood that a fight broke out between rival gangs, after which one gang set a cell alight....
Hondurans see little hope for nation's prisons ... - Associated Press News
Jun 22, 2023 · Authorities in Honduras are beginning to hand over to relatives the hacked, burned corpses of 46 women killed in the worst riot at a women’s prison in recent memory.
Honduras military takes over prisons after dozens die in riot
Jun 26, 2023 · Honduras' military began taking control of the country's violent prisons on Monday, following a gang dispute that left 46 inmates dead at a women's detention center last week, officials said.
Dozens of women die in grisly Honduras prison riot and fire : NPR
Jun 21, 2023 · TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A grisly riot at a women's prison in Honduras Tuesday left at least 41 women dead, most burned to death, in violence the country's president blamed on "mara" street...
Honduras to build island colony to imprison gang members | Prison News …
Jul 19, 2023 · Honduras plans to build the only island prison colony in the Western hemisphere and send its most-feared gangsters there, tearing a page from neighbouring El Salvador’s unforgiving approach to...
More than 40 women killed in Honduran prison riot | Prison News …
Jun 20, 2023 · A grisly riot at a women’s prison in Honduras on Tuesday has left at least 41 women dead in an outburst of violence that the country’s president blamed on “mara” street gangs that often wield...
Honduras plans to build a 20,000-capacity 'megaprison' - Voice of America
Jun 15, 2024 · The president of Honduras has announced the creation of a new 20,000-capacity "megaprison," part of the government's larger crackdown on gang violence and efforts to overhaul its long-troubled...