Honduran Police Officers Working for Notorious MS-13
Honduran Police Officers Working for Notorious MS-13
Published 27 September 2016
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More than 80 members of Honduras’ police force have been working for one of Latin America’s most notorious criminal gangs, local media reported Monday.
An internal investigation claims that 81 Honduran police, including a number of police commissioners, were part of the criminal enterprise of the Mara Salvatrucha – commonly known of MS-13 – and worked for one of the organization’s leaders, David Elias Campbell Licona.
The report stems from an investigation into allegations that eight police officers were active participants in a massacre which killed 12 people in a pool hall in March, in Comayagüela, next to the capital Tegucigalpa. So far, none of the police officers have been charged in connection with the massacre.
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Police and security forces in Honduras have long been accused of being involved in human rights abuses and corruption, often acting with impunity. Honduras, along with the rest of the Northern Triangle, is one of the most violent parts of the world outside of conflict zones. In 2016, at least eight human rights activists were killed according to the U.N. and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
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