On Sunday, in their final telephone conversation, Paola Yamileth told her cousin she feared for her life: 'I feel death here and I am afraid they are going to kill me.'
Relatives of a victim of the deadly prison riot at the Centro Femenino de Adaptacion Social women's prison carry her casket at a morgue in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, June 21, 2023. REUTERS/Fredy Rodriguez
Police said Tuesday's deadly incident began when inmates belonging to the notorious Barrio 18 gang opened fire on members of rival gang Mara Salvatrucha . Mother Belinda was about one year in to a seven-year sentence, while daughter Paola was just a few months into a six-year sentence. Tuesday's explosion of violence came six months into a security crackdown in Honduras in which the government has suspended some constitutional rights and allowed security forces to detain people who they consider are associated with crime.
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