Here's how members of well-known gangs live in a prison in Honduras

Here's how members of well-known gangs live in a prison in Honduras

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Recently, the Honduran authorities conducted a mass relocation of members of well-known criminal groups in the country to a new high-security prison. The shocked media published photos of the cells abandoned by the criminals: they look little like ordinary places of detention — rather, they resemble small cozy apartments. Look at the conditions in which members of famous gangs lived carelessly.

Here's how members of well-known gangs live in a prison in Honduras

Here's how members of well-known gangs live in a prison in Honduras

Last week, 773 prisoners were transferred from the old overcrowded San Pedro Sule prison in the town of Tamara near Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, to the new El Pozo 2 prison in the town of La Tova, in the department of El Paraiso. It is difficult to call the rooms abandoned by the prisoners cells… How do you like this 52-inch plasma?

Here's how members of well-known gangs live in a prison in Honduras

This is the kind of prison comfort created by the members of the famous M‑13 gang.

Here's how members of well-known gangs live in a prison in Honduras

The cells had furniture and all the necessary household appliances: air conditioning, a mixer, a coffee machine, a refrigerator with food and much more.

Here's how members of well-known gangs live in a prison in Honduras

In their free time, the prisoners organized video game tournaments — for example, they played FIFA and GTA.

Here's how members of well-known gangs live in a prison in Honduras

The prison had a specially equipped visiting room: with a large mirror, dim lighting and a huge bed. This room was called "Kama Sutra" by the locals. During the reception hours, the prisoners had intimate meetings with their wives and girlfriends here. But only the most privileged gang members could use such a recreation room.

Here's how members of well-known gangs live in a prison in Honduras

All the prisoners of this prison are members of the well-known criminal groups of Honduras: Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and Barrio 18, competing with each other. The transportation of prisoners was accompanied by police officers under the leadership of the President of Honduras, Juan Orlando. In the photo: a mirror in a frame in the shape of the number 18 (the sign of the Barrio 18 gang) and portraits of the deceased leaders of the group.

Here's how members of well-known gangs live in a prison in Honduras

The crime rate in Honduras is the highest among the countries of Central America. More than 17 thousand people are held in 30 Honduran prisons, where riots and escapes often occur, and prisoners live by their own rules.

After being transferred to a new prison, the sweet life for prisoners will end (at least for a while). In this regard, the President of Honduras, Juan Orlando, said: "We will continue to prevent prisons from turning into centers for organizing and preparing all types of criminal acts. The transfer of those who were held in San Pedro Sula testifies to the birth of a new reality."

Here's how members of well-known gangs live in a prison in Honduras

MS-13 is the oldest of the Latin American gangs, its number is more than 20 thousand people. It appeared in Los Angeles two decades ago, when immigrants from El Salvador poured into the States en masse, where a brutal civil war broke out that claimed the lives of 100 thousand people. Now MS-13 is a world-famous grouping with a complex branched structure. She is involved in various types of criminal business, her fighters are extremely cruel and try to intimidate enemies or the authorities in every possible way. A distinctive feature of the MS-13 gang: during torture and murder, they often use machetes.

Keywords: Crime | South america | Honduras | Prison | Conditions | Prisoners | Criminals | Society

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