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Added on the 20/06/2023 22:16:22 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Inmates stand near a wall at the Women's Center for Social Adaptation (CEFAS) prison some 25 kilometres from Honduras' capital Tegucigalpa, where a fire following a brawl between inmates left at least 41 dead, according to the police. IMAGES
Members of the Military Police of Public Order (PMOP) guard inmates at the National Penitentiary "Francisco Morazan" in Tamara after the government announced that military police would assume control of Honduras's 21 prisons for one year starting July 1, and train 2,000 new prison guards following clashes between rival gangs that left at least 46 women dead in a prison near the capital Tegucigalpa. IMAGES TO COMPLETE: 33KV7UU_EN + 33KX3YR_EN
Honduras State Secretary of the National Defence Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales publishes a video on his Twitter account showing handcuffed inmates on the floor of a prison under the surveillance of military police. IMAGES
The military is deployed in the surroundings of the Palacio de Carondelet, Ecuador's presidential palace after new President Daniel Noboa declared a state of emergency in response to a drug kingpin's escape from prison. Officials have announced that four police officers were kidnapped following Noboa's announcement. IMAGES
Honduras Public Order Military Police (PMOP) display weapons seized at the "Francisco Morazan" national penitentiary in Tamara. The government announced that the military police will take control of Honduras' 21 prisons for one year, starting July 1, and will train 2,000 new prison guards in the wake of clashes between rival gangs that left at least 46 women dead in a prison near the capital Tegucigalpa. IMAGES