Ongoing arrests of alleged gang members in Honduras
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Honduran gang crackdown (2022–present)
Régimen de Excepción
Date
6 December 2022 – present
(1 year, 4 months, 3 weeks and 1 day)
Location
Honduras
Status
Ongoing
Parties
Criminal gangs
Mara Salvatrucha
18th Street gang
Honduran government
Honduran Army
National Police
Lead figures
Uncentralized leadership
Xiomara Castro
Gustavo Sánchez
Casualties
Death(s)
100+ [1][2][3]
Arrested
652 (as of 3 February 2023)[4]
The Honduran gang crackdown, referred to in Honduras as the Régimen de Excepción (Spanish for State of Exception), began in December 2022 after parts of the constitution were suspended to fight criminal gangs in the country.
Initially instituted for forty-five days in two municipalities, Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula, the state of exception has been renewed and extended to more than half of the country's cities. The government strengthened police resources, built several high-security prisons, authorized the deployment of security forces in the streets, and authorized the deployment of military forces in the streets to support the police.
The homicide rate has fallen from 38 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2022 to 31 in 2023, a drop of 17%. However, according to some specialists, the reduction in crime is not directly linked to the state of emergency.[5]
^"Honduras expands and extends its state of emergency". NBC News. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
^"More than 40 women killed in Honduran prison riot". AL JAZEERA.
^"Honduras brings in curfews after night of violence". BBC.
^Bernal, David (3 February 2023). "Honduras con 652 Capturas en su Régimen de Excepción" [Honduras with 652 Captured in Its State of Exception]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
^cronologia/-/meta/redaccion-web (3 January 2024). "Honduras registró 3,030 homicidios en 2023: Seguridad". www.laprensa.hn (in Spanish).
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