President of Honduras decrees partial curfew after massacre attributed to drug trafficking

The president of Honduras, Xiomara Castrodecreed a curfew on Sunday in a region in the north of the country as a result of the violent death of 11 people that he attributed to the actions of hitmen paid by local drug traffickers.

Starting this Sunday there is “a special curfew for Cholomafrom 9 pm (03:00 GMT) to 4:00 am (10:00 GMT)”Castro reported on his Twitter account.

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1/4. Sps and Choloma: I have taken measures to give them security in the face of the brutal and ruthless terrorist attack to which they are subjected by hired thugs trained and directed by the drug lords who operate with impunity in the drug corridor; sula valley.

— Xiomara Castro de Zelaya (@XiomaraCastroZ) June 25, 2023

The decision was made after 11 people were riddled with bullets on Saturday night in a pool hall in the town of Cholomaneighbor of San Pedro Sulathe second city of the country, located 180 km north of the capital Tegucigalpa.

In San Pedro Sula and Choloma “I have taken measures to give him security in the face of the brutal and ruthless terrorist attack being subjected to by hired thugs trained and directed by drug kingpins who operate with impunity in the drug corridor, Valle de Sula”added the ruler.

There is “eleven [muertos] in that criminal action” who registered in CholomaThe spokesman for the National Police, Commissioner Miguel Martínez, told AFP this Sunday.

The police official indicated that the victims are “ten men and one woman”.

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Witnesses posted videos of bloody bodies dumped on the floor of a pool hall, where they said several people shared the birthday of one of the victims.

According to these versions, unknown persons arrived with automatic weapons at the room to attack them without giving them time to escape. At least ten people died on the spot and another in a hospital, where three wounded had been admitted.

The attack came five days after the massacre of 48 inmates at a women’s prison near the capital.

According to the authorities, inmates of the 18th neighborhood gang They left their module and burst into the one where the rivals of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) to attack them with shots and set fire to the prison.

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Source: Elcomercio

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