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Honduran President Orders Militarization of Prison After Fatal Riot

HeadlineAug 05, 2013

In Honduras, President Porfirio Lobo has ordered the military to take control of the country’s main prison following a riot that killed at least three prisoners and injured a dozen. The violence Saturday came one day after the release of a report from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that found prisoners effectively run 24 prisons in Honduras because the state has abandoned control.

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