41 Women Killed in Honduras Prison Riot, Victims Shot, Stabbed & Burnt Alive

At least 41 women were murdered in a gruesome manner in a women’s prison in the Central American country Honduras. Around 26 victims were burnt alive, while the others were stabbed or shot dead at the prison in Tamara, about 50 kilometers from the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa.

Several pistols, machetes, and other sharp weapons were found inside the jail after the riot.

Honduran President Xiomara Castro said the riot was “planned by maras (street gangs) with the knowledge and acquiescence of security authorities.”

Prisoners belonging to the feared Barrio 18 gang reportedly burst into a cell block and shot other inmates or set them afire.

In 2012, at the Comayagua penitentiary in Honduras, at least 361 inmates died in a fire possibly caused by a match, cigarette or some other open flame.