Honduran authorities plan to combat organized crime with new prison, collective trials, and designating gang members as terrorists.
Honduran authorities announced plans to tackle organized crime with measures such as building a new prison to hold 20,000 inmates, implementing collective trials, and designating gang members as terrorists. President Xiomara Castro called for security forces to urgently intervene in areas with high gang crime rates. These measures follow similar strategies in El Salvador, which have reduced murder rates but faced criticism from rights groups.
June 15, 2024
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