24/07/2023

HONDURAS-PRISON-MILITARY-POLICE-CONFISCATION

Members of the Military Police of Public Order (PMOP) display weapons, ammunition, drugs, mobile phones and other items seized to imprisoned members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang during a new operation at the National Penitentiary "Francisco Morazan" in Tamara, 25 km north of Tegucigalpa, on June 28, 2023. - A second massive haul of weapons was seized on Wednesday as part of a gang warfare crackdown. The first big confiscation we carried out on Monday to members of the Barrio 18 gang at a different sector of the prison facility. The government announced last week that military police would assume control of Honduras's 21 prisons for a period of one year starting July 1, as well as train 2,000 new prison guards after a vicious battle between rival gangs left at least 46 women dead in a prison near the capital Tegucigalpa. (Photo by Orlando SIERRA / AFP) / The erroneous mention appearing in the metadata of this photo by Orlando SIERRA has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [seized to imprisoned members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang during a new operation] instead of [seized on June 26 to imprisoned members of the Barrio-18 and Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13)]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require.