Global Courant
Honduras.
A true tragedy occurred in the Women’s Center for Social Adaptation (Cefas) after a great brawl registered this Tuesday.
Several women died and others were rushed to the Teaching Hospital in Tegucigalpa. At the moment, the authorities of that sanatorium confirm the admission of five patients.
Evelyn Sarai Castillo (24), Delmi Sarai Funez Gonzalez (24), Oneyda Gricelda Mejía Aleman (25), Aleyda Dinora Lagos Portillo (31) and Heminia Maricela Mejia Tejada (33) are the names of the females.
One of the privates who was injured awaiting medical attention said through tears: “They just arrived, they opened in one go”, in reference to what he experienced during the brawl.
THIS IS HOW THE BRUG HAPPENED
According to preliminary information, the brawl was between the inmates of the Mara Salvatrucha and the Barrio 18 gang.
Supposedly, the gang members locked up the rival women and set fire to the modules with them inside. Witnesses affirm that cries of despair were heard and that the trapped inmates tried to climb the walls to save themselves.
A large number of those deprived of liberty in Cefas belong to the north of the country.
INTERVENTION
The Honduran authorities ordered the intervention of Cefas after the brawl, reported the Vice Minister of Security, Julissa villanueva.
“Well, heavy-handed action and reaction now in the Támara women’s prison, we are not going to tolerate acts of vandalism or irregularities in this prison. Immediate intervention is authorized with the accompaniment of firefighters, @PoliciaHonduras and the military, an emergency is declared,” Villanueva said in a message on Twitter.
In Cefas “vandalism has been reactivated and women, with weapons and balaclavas, started burning,” but the fire was already controlled by the Honduran Fire Department, said Villanueva, who has been designated by the Honduran president. Xiomara Castroto lead an intervention in the country’s prisons.
