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Honduras sends police to the streets in fight against gangs
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/honduras-sends-police-streets-fight-against-gangs-2024-07-19/Honduras sends police to the streets in fight against gangs
By Gustavo Placencia And Marvin Valladares
July 19, 2024 4:30 PM EDT Updated 15 hours ago
July 19 (Reuters) - After a month of an "iron fist" policy aimed at fighting rampant drug- and gang-related crime, Honduras police say they have seized hundreds of guns and arrested alleged gang members.
Under this hardline approach called "mano duro" in Spanish, Honduran President Xiomara Castro has used emergency powers to send security forces into crime-ridden neighborhoods.
She plans to jail over 20,000 inmates in a new mega-prison.
The strategy is a lighter version of neighboring El Salvador's tactics. There, President Nayib Bukele has also suspended constitutional rights, implemented mass trials and incarcerated around 2% of the adult population and thousands of minors.
[...]
Reporting by Gustavo Palencia and Marvin Valladares in Honduras; Writing by Sarah Kinosian; Editing by Cynthia Osterman
By Gustavo Placencia And Marvin Valladares
July 19, 2024 4:30 PM EDT Updated 15 hours ago
July 19 (Reuters) - After a month of an "iron fist" policy aimed at fighting rampant drug- and gang-related crime, Honduras police say they have seized hundreds of guns and arrested alleged gang members.
Under this hardline approach called "mano duro" in Spanish, Honduran President Xiomara Castro has used emergency powers to send security forces into crime-ridden neighborhoods.
She plans to jail over 20,000 inmates in a new mega-prison.
The strategy is a lighter version of neighboring El Salvador's tactics. There, President Nayib Bukele has also suspended constitutional rights, implemented mass trials and incarcerated around 2% of the adult population and thousands of minors.
[...]
Reporting by Gustavo Palencia and Marvin Valladares in Honduras; Writing by Sarah Kinosian; Editing by Cynthia Osterman
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