At least 18 Honduran prisoners have been killed during a prison attack in Tegucigalpa. The attack took place on Friday night after a prison transfer.
Security Ministry spokesman Wilmer Torres said that 31 prisoners were attacked by cell mates within hours of a transfer to the prison in Tegucigalpa from San Pedro Sula. The transferred prisoners were armed with knives and guns. The unarmed prisoners fought back. In they bloody end only 13 survived.
The police are investigating what the motive of the prison attack was. The prison was brought back under control by Saturday.
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May 5, 2008 at 7:04 pm
19 dead actually…Prison killings are very common here (tragically) our penal system sucks horribly due to corruption to the highest levels…in fact corruption in Honduras is our daily bread.
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