The White House Office of the Vice President For Immediate Release February 22, 2012 Vice President Biden to Travel to Mexico and Honduras Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Mexico and Honduras from March 4-6. In Mexico City, the Vice President will meet with President Calderón and will underscore the United States’ commitment to […]
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Hundreds of relatives of inmates who burned or suffocated to death when a fire raged through a Honduran prison forced their way into a morgue Monday to demand the remains of loved ones. The group of women and some men pushed into the morgue, broke into a refrigerated container and opened at […]
COMAYAGUA, Honduras — Two of the bodies were found facing one another in a large sink, their remains completely blackened. Others were squished together in the prison bathroom where they had sought refuge from the flames, their bodies an indistinguishable mass. If not for a split-second decision, Hector Daniel Martinez could have also died horrifically […]
OPINION: It’s unfortunate that it takes a prison fire killing 300 people to raise awareness of the problems with Latin America’s prison systems. Beyond this one terrible event, the general state of this hemisphere’s prisons are a daily human rights tragedy. Honduras is among the worst of the region, with serious overcrowding, undertrained staff and […]