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The resident coordinator of the United Nations in HondurasAlice Shackelford, expressed on Tuesday a “strong rejection of violence” after the death of at least 41 people in a brawl and a fire recorded at the Women’s Center for Social Adaptation (Cephas) near the capital of the country.
“My solidarity with the women in the Penitentiary Center in Támara and my strong rejection of violence”Shackelford stressed in a message on Twitter.
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He added that “my heart cries and I share the mourning with their families” for the women who died in the fight and the fire that, according to relatives of the victims, allegedly occurred after the authorities notified new rules inside the prison.
The preliminary number of deaths was confirmed by the spokesman for the Public Ministry, Yuri Morawho indicated that most people burned to death and that the final number will be known until the removal of the corpses is completed.
At least seven women who were injured in the brawl receive medical attention at the Hospital School of Tegucigalpawithout the authorities specifying the severity of the injuries.
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The Honduran Foreign Minister, Edward Henry Queencondemned the “terrible criminal acts” that occurred in the prison and expressed his “solidarity with the families of the victims.”
The fact “it demonstrates the great conspiracy escalation against @XiomaraCastroZ of the dark forces that turned Honduras into a narco-state”, Reina said in a message on Twitter.
Earlier, the Vice Minister of SecurityJulissa Villanuevaordered an “immediate intervention” in the prison for the fight and assured that the authorities “We are not going to tolerate acts of vandalism or irregularities.”
He said that the brawl is “the product of the actions of organized crime” in response to the intervention announced by the authorities in the prisons of Ilama, in Santa Bárbara, in the west of the country, and La Ceiba, in the Caribbean.
In Cephas it has been “vandalism has been reactivated and women, with weapons and balaclavas, set fires”but the fire has already been controlled by the Honduran Fire Department, said Villanueva, who has been designated by the Honduran president, Xiomara Castro, to lead an intervention in the country’s prisons.
Source: Elcomercio
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