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At least two people died and others six were injured when attempting to escape more than 70 prisoners National Penitentiary, the country’s main jail, a military source said on Thursday.

“What was written down was riot with the intention of escaping. The prisoners attempted to break through the guard rings, and police officers carried out warning shotsAs a result, several people were injured and two died,” José Coello, a spokesman for the Military Police of Public Order (PMOP), told reporters.

He noted that one of the inmates died at the National Penitentiary, about 20 kilometers north of Tegucigalpaand another one died in Teaching hospitalin the capital.

victims were identified such as Carlos Andres Soler and Jose Alejandro Cruz, according to official information.

The incident occurred between midnight Wednesday and early Thursday morning in the second module of the National Penitentiary, said a PMOP spokesman, who assured that the authorities of the National Penitentiary Institute (INP) and the military police “activated protocols from safety “to prevent an escape attempt.”

The three wounded were identified as Oscar Rolando Cruz Romero, Oscar Daniel Quinquirina and Marco Antonio Roque Zuniga, who received medical assistance in this Teaching hospital.

National Penitentiary, the main prison of the countryis one of the prisons that military police intervened in June 2023 to regain control of the prisons as part of Operation Faith and Hope, launched by the government after the killing of 46 female prisoners.