Elvis Guzman, spokesman for the attorney general’s office in San Pedro Sula, announced yesterday that inmates at the San Pedro Prison have allowed the police to re-enter the cell block where the deadly brawl and fire transpired this past Thursday. ‘The situation is calm,’ said Guzman. Authorities are examining the block, and gathering evidence to […]
Contrary to a statement from the official spokesman to the media yesterday, the San Pedro Sula prison is still, in part, controlled by inmates. One section, module 18, is being held by the prisoners. Requests from the inmates in this area, for food, clothing, and time to be left alone, are being honored by prison […]
According to the police, yesterday’s events at the San Pedro Sula penetentiary began shortly after noon, when the so-called “paisas” (a group of inmates unaffiliated with any gang) clashed with members of the Maras, in a dispute over power and territory within the prison. A fire was started in one of the cells during the […]
Police regained general control of the San Pedro Sula prison at about 2:00 p.m. this afternoon, after a COBRA squad was sent into the facility. One or more areas, and a cell in particular, inside the San Pedro prison, however, has yet to be contained. Rumors are that an inmate is holding authorities off with […]
President Porfirio Lobo Sosa sent the Minister of Security, Pompeyo Bonilla, to San Pedro Sula to address the emergency at the San Pedro penal center. His priority was to preserve the lives of those incarcerated at the prison. “We should do everything possible to avoid the loss of human lives, which is what concerns us […]