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In Latin America, prisons condemned to crisis
San Pedro Sula :: Honduras | 1 year ago
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In a prison called Hope, there is little of it to go around. Inmates at the La Esperanza penitentiary cram into "the caves," their name for the suffocating spaces underneath bunk beds, desperate for a place to sleep. Others sprawl out on every inch
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Correction: Honduras Prison Fire-Deportee story
Tegucigalpa :: Honduras | 1 year ago
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ICE was notified of the stay order on Sept. 30 by Nelson Avila-Lopez's lawyer, which is the procedure for notification, according to the DOJ's Executive Office for Immigration Review.
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Inmate's death ruled homicide
Hillsborough :: CA :: USA | 1 year ago
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An autopsy report released today says Jimmy Griffin, 51, sustained trauma to his head during an assault, resulting in fatal bleeding and swelling in his brain. Griffin died Oct. 16, three days after officials at the state Department of Public Safety
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US Wrongly Deports Victim In Honduras Prison Fire
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 1 year ago
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A Honduran citizen living in Los Angeles was wrongly deported in October, and went on to die in last month's massive prison fire in his home country, immigration officials said Friday. Nelson Avila-Lopez, 20, was mistakenly deported in October, and
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Inmates' kin march in Honduras to demand remains
Tegucigalpa :: Honduras | 1 year ago
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Honduras (AP) Dozens of relatives of inmates who died when a fire raged through a Honduran prison have marched through the capital to demand the remains of loved ones. The protesters marched from their lodgings to the Supreme Court building on
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Honduras Prison: Probe Says Cigarette Caused Fire; Families of Inmates Smell Foul Play
Tegucigalpa :: Honduras | 1 year ago
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Articles The investigation has been concluded by a group of experts from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, who arrived in Honduras two days after the fire at the request of President Porfirio Lobo's administration. Citing
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US team says Honduras prison fire was an accident
Tegucigalpa :: Honduras | 1 year ago
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Tuesday that the deadliest prison fire in a century was accidental, and may have been caused by a lit match, cigarette or some other open flame. President Porfirio Lobo also announced he is pardoning a prisoner who helped free
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Honduras: Cigarette may have caused prison fire
Tegucigalpa :: Honduras | 1 year ago
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The Hondurans government says a dropped cigarette may have set off the prison fire that killed at least 359 people in the city of Comayagua. Witnesses have told officials that a prisoner fell asleep while smoking, dropping it to his mattress.
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Honduras jail fire is sign of chaos in the original banana republic
Tegucigalpa :: Honduras | 1 year ago
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Rory Carroll , Latin America correspondent and Melissa Sanchez in Comayagua Smoke rises from a market fire in Tegucigalpa just days after 359 people were killed in a jail inferno. Photograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters When Honduras inspired the term "
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Relatives storm Honduras morgue demanding remains
Tegucigalpa :: Honduras | 1 year ago
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A woman is taken away by police after fainting during clashes when relatives of inmates killed during last week's prison fire stormed the restricted area of the morgue in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. Work continues as forensic
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