Honduras women’s prison riot leaves at least 46 dead, president sacks security chief
Honduran president Xiomara Castro fired the country’s security minister after an apparent riot at a women’s prison left at least 46 people dead, in violence that she linked to gangs and said happened with the “acquiescence of security authorities”.
The removal of Ramon Sabillon as the minister of security is part of Ms Castro’s resolve to “retake control of the prison system in Honduras,” according to state-owned Channel 8 news.
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