The San Pedro Sula central prison was a site of chaos. Theories are abound about the cause of a fire that broke out there. The consensus thus far being that it was a diversion for an escape, or an attempt to overtake the prison. Regardless of the cause, the result has been just that. Authorities […]
A mutiny of inmates this morning resulted in a shootout and fire inside the San Pedro Sula downtown prison. The Red Cross and police quickly mounted a strong safety operation on the outskirts of the facility, to treat any injured. Authorities lost control of the prison during a shoot out, and police sources say that […]
Protesters of inmates who died in the Comayagua prison fire on February 14th of this year, marched in Tegucigalpa yesterday, demanding the return of their relative’s corpse. Two hundred distraught relatives repeatedly shouted, “Justice, Justice!” Dennis Valadares was one of the march organizers who lost his 23 year old brother to the fire. His brother […]
Nelson Avila-Lopez came to Los Angeles when he was 16. Gang members in his native Honduras had been trying to recruit him for years, so he crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally in order to be reunited with his mother, who was living in Los Angeles. But Avila-Lopez could not escape the gang affiliation nor his […]
A team of four Spanish policemen will work in Honduras to help with the identification of victims of the Honduras prison fire in Comayagua, on February 14, 2012. José Francisco Planells, the Commissioner General of the Scientific Police, said the presence of the Spanish police has been requested by Honduras. The officers will remain for […]