Gang behind slaughter of 41 women at Honduran prison, officials say

By MARLON GONZÁLEZ
Associated Press
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Women at a prison in Honduras had complained for weeks that gang members were threatening them. The gang fulfilled those threats Tuesday, slaughtering 41 women, many of them burned, shot or stabbed to death. Honduran President Xiomara Castro said street gangs planned the riot “with the knowledge and acquiescence of security authorities.” Castro pledged to take drastic measures, but she did not explain how inmates identified as members of the Barrio 18 gang were able to get guns and machetes into the prison, or move freely into an adjoining cell block and slaughter the prisoners there.