Honduras announces ‘megaprison’ to combat crime surge • FRANCE 24 English
this is a so-called Mega prison located in El Salvador 40,000 inmates are held in this facility it’s part of President na BK’s brutal war on gangs and this week neighboring Honduras announced it would follow suit given this emergency security situation an emergency reclusion center with a capacity for 20,000 inmates will be built immediately in the unpopulated area between the areas ofano and gracias [ __ ] about 30 prisons across Honduras currently hold over 20,000 inmates they’d immediately be transferred to the new facility the model it’s based on in El Salvador has drawn criticism from rights groups who’ve pointed to the suspension of basic Liberties due process and other human rights violations but it’s also W buk admirers at home and abroad since he took office in 2019 intentional homicide rates in El Salvador have dropped well below the Latin American average and Honduran president Shamara Castro wants to take a leaf out of his book will’ll be leading urgent interventions in all municipalities of the country identified as having the highest levels of crime that includes hired assassinations drug trafficking extortion kidnapping arms trafficking illicit Association and money laundering in 2023 31 homicides were committed per 100,000 inhabitants in Honduras it’s a decrease from the previous year but remains one of the highest homicide rates in the world
Honduras announced on Friday night the construction of a mega-prison for 20,000 inmates, among more than a dozen measures, by declaring a “security emergency” to combat the overwhelming crime. In a national radio and television broadcast, President Xiomara Castro and other members of the National Defense and Security Council (CNDS) unveiled the “crime solution plan” in response to public outcry over the surge in violence.
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8 comments
They all are responsible supporting groping and making me unhealthy forcefully adultering in our foods to make aged
Does she have a tear tattoo?
CiA operative
goood !
About time these countries stand up and do what needs done. I wish we could implement these tactics in the states.
Be well all.
Ecuador going el salavador way.. great
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What due process? Violent criminals who runied a nation do not deserve due process!