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Who Is
Fighting Violence in Honduras?
The wave of violence sweeping
across Honduras puts newly
appointed Security Minister
Alvaro Romero in a delicate
position.
Romero has differed publicly
with a Forensic Medicine report
of 710 homicides in the first 45
days of the year, claiming the
number is 381 hence less, rather
than more, violent crime.
Public Prosecutor Sandra Ponce
announced a probe into police
violence to determine the
existence of an organized group
of executioners or ties with
gangs, like the dangerous Maras.
Human Rights Commissioner Ramon
Custodio censured the minister,
in his job only 26 days, for
ignoring denouncements by
victims' relatives and the media
of poor investigation and calls
for a preventive policy.
Attorney General Leonidas Rosa
Bautista conditioned a
successful anti-crime fight on
coordination between law
enforcement and the judicial
power.
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