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Bloody weekend in prisons in Honduras: 36 dead in two massacres

Relatives of inmates react after getting information about their loved ones in front of Tela prison, Honduras, on December 21, 2019 after clashes at the jail. [AFP]

At least 36 people were killed this weekend in clashes in Honduran prisons, over which the military and police are trying to regain control after a spate of murders linked to "maras", the criminal gangs that plague the country.

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