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Is law and order breaking down in Honduras?
We ask if the prison fire that left 350 inmates dead reveals the poor state of the country’s prison and justice system.
More than 350 inmates were killed when an inferno tore through the Comayagua prison in Honduras last week.
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Prison fire puts spotlight on Honduras meltdown
By Ioan Grillo
TEGUCIGALPA
(Reuters) – It took just seconds to ignite the fire that killed more than 350 inmates in a Honduran prison on Valentine’s Day, but the country’s messy spiral into lawlessness has been years in the making.
One of the world’s worst prison fires has turned a spotlight on the crime, corruption and weak government that has made Honduras a case study for a nation in crisis.
Once a treasured hub for U.S. geopolitical interests in Central America, it is better known today as the world’s most murderous country. Read more
Activistas en Washington, DC realizarán teatro callejero en Capitol Hill por aniversario del golpe militar en Honduras
WASHINGTON, DC .- Hoy día un grupo de activistas ubicados en Washington, D.C. pondrán una acción de teatro callejero en Capitol Hill para marcar el segundo aniversario del golpe militar en Honduras que ilegalmente sacó de su oficina el presidente elegido demorácticamente Manuel Zelaya, y para denunciar la represión violenta continúa a los movimientos sociales y la oposición política en ese país. Read more
Honduran police ignore rise in attacks on journalists, gays
By Tim Johnson | McClatchy Newspapers
PUERTO GRANDE, Honduras — In a nation with the highest murder rate in the Western Hemisphere, it’s perhaps not a surprise that someone armed with a 9 mm pistol opened fire last month on Franklin Melendez, wounding the radio journalist in the thigh.
What astonishes is what happened next: Police refused to go to the crime scene. Later in the evening, the three officers on duty also didn’t budge when the alleged assailant waved his gun out of a moving vehicle and threatened to shoot another reporter for the radio station. Read more