Honduras Ramps Up Security with Mega-Prison Amid Escalating Crime

Inspired by El Salvador, President Xiomara Castro announced a vast Emergency Detention Center (EDC) in Honduras. Designed to hold 20,000 inmates, this facility will rise between the Olancho and Gracias a Dios departments. Central American gangs like MS-13 and Barrio 18 are notoriously violent, involved in murder, extortion, and trafficking. Their influence creates fear and […]