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Honduras announces ‘megaprison’ to combat crime surge
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6/16/2024
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This is a so-called mega-prison. Located in El Salvador, 40,000 inmates are held in this
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facility. It's part of President Nayib Bukele's brutal war on gangs. And this week, neighbouring
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Honduras announced it would follow suit.
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Given this emergency security situation, an emergency reclusion centre with a capacity
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for 20,000 inmates will be built immediately in the unpopulated area between the areas
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of Olancho and Gracias a Dios.
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About 30 prisons across Honduras currently hold over 20,000 inmates. They'd immediately
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be transferred to the new facility.
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The model it's based on in El Salvador has drawn criticism from rights groups, who've
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pointed to the suspension of basic liberties, due process and other human rights violations.
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But it's also one Bukele admires, at home and abroad.
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Since he took office in 2019, intentional homicide rates in El Salvador have dropped
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well below the Latin American average. And Honduran President Shomara Castro wants to
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take a leaf out of his book.
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We'll be leading urgent interventions in all municipalities of the country, identified
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as having the highest levels of crime. That includes hired assassinations, drug trafficking,
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extortion, kidnapping, arms trafficking, illicit association and money laundering.
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In 2023, 31 homicides were committed per 100,000 inhabitants in Honduras. It's a decrease from
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the previous year but remains one of the highest homicide rates in the world.
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