Honduras plans to build the only island prison colony in the Western Hemisphere and send its most-feared gangsters there, tearing a page from neighboring El Salvador's unforgiving approach to murder, robbery, rape and extortion.
Honduras plans to build the only island prison colony in the Western Hemisphere and send its most-feared gangsters there, reports the AP . Honduras' progressive president.
Honduras is set to construct a unique island prison colony, taking inspiration from El Salvador's hardline approach to help combat the gang violence in the region.
Honduras is planning to build a prison in the Caribbean to send some of its most feared criminals to - including 2,000 MS-13 gang members - as the nation battles organized crime.
Honduras plans to build the only island prison colony in the Western Hemisphere and send its most-feared gangsters there, tearing a page from neighboring El Salvador’s unforgiving approach to murder, robbery, rape and extortion. Honduras’s progressive president once promised to address gang violence through systemic reforms to governance and the criminal justice system. Now, President…