Héctor Iván Mejía of the National Police of Honduras read the names of surviving persons in the prison fire at the Comayagua penitentiary: Elmer Matute Sánchez Juan Ramón Ramos Arturo Rodríguez Salinas Mauricio Chicas Francisco Mejía Luis Antonio Rivera Allan Antony Ramos Concepción Hernández Angel Roberto Banegas Rudy Marcial Chicas Kevin Cabrera Mejía Victor Alfonso […]
President Porfirio Lobo Sosa has summoned an emergency meeting of the Honduras Security Council following last night’s tragic event. The meeting at the Presidential Palace will explore the details of the fire at the prison in Comayagua. Attendees include the Minister of Human Rights, Ana Pineda, the Minister of the Interior, Áfrico Madrid, Ministers of […]
Alex Turcio, who has survived the fire reported, “Everyone ran for their lives.” Sleeping inmates awoke to screams, and scrambled to find any way out of the prison that they could, Turcio said. He believes five of the prison units were engulfed in flames. Tuesday night’s fire at the minimum security prison in Comayagua, brought […]
Current death toll count: 350 A fire has swept through the Comayagua prison, killing those inside, many burned to death in their cells. The prosecutors’ office announced the death count at a radio news conference. The head of the national prison system, Danilo Orellana, said the fire broke out Tuesday night at the prison in […]