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Honduran president swears in new security minister

22 June 2023
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2023-06-22 10:44

Honduras President Xiamara Castro swears in Gustavo Sanchez as the new Minister of Security and Juan Manuel Aguilar as Director of Police, one day after a vicious battle with guns and fire left at least 46 women dead in a women's jail in Honduras, a country with a particularly high rate of prison violence and more than 1,000 inmate deaths in 20 years.

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