At least 41 killed in brawl in Honduran prison
- June 20, 2023
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At least 41 people were killed and seven others were injured. in a fight and a fire registered on Tuesday at the Women’s Center for Social Adaptation (Cefas)
At least 41 people were killed and seven others were injured. in a fight and a fire registered on Tuesday at the Women’s Center for Social Adaptation (Cefas) near the capital of Honduras, in connection with which the security authorities ordered them to intervene immediately.
This was reported to journalists by the representative of the Ministry of Defense Yuri Mora. “So far, 41 prisoners have died, most have been burned”but the final figure will be known until the removal of the corpses is completed.
Until now, no powers National Penitentiary Institute (INP) Honduras reported the number of people killed or wounded.
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The president of the Association of Relatives of Prisoners, Delma Ordóñez, told reporters that the fight and fire in Cefas allegedly occurred after the authorities notified about the new rules inside the prison.
Deputy Security Minister Julissa Villanueva ordered an “immediate intervention” at the prison following the declaration of a state of emergency over the fight and assured the authorities “will not tolerate acts of vandalism or violations.”
Villanueva told reporters that the fight is a “product of organized crime” in response to government intervention in prisons Ilama in Santa Barbara in the west of the country and La Ceiba in the Caribbean.
In Cephas, “vandalism has resumed, and women with weapons and balaclavas set fires,” but the fire was already under control The Honduran fire department, said Villanueva, who was appointed by Honduras President Xiomara Castro to lead the intervention in the country’s prisons.
On April 18, the Honduran authorities announced a set of measures to restore order in the country’s prisons, which involve blocking mobile phones, the real disarmament of prisoners and the classification of prisoners according to the degree of danger.
There have been about a dozen shootings or clashes in Honduran prisons since April, where overcrowding and overcrowding prevails, there are not enough proper and safe physical quarters to house prisoners, and sanitary and hygienic conditions are deplorable.
EFE
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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