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Judi Lynn

(160,588 posts)
Thu Jun 29, 2023, 12:59 PM Jun 2023

20 killed overnight amid escalating violence in Honduran


President Xiomara Castro announced a 15-day curfew in Choloma between 9 pm and 4 am, effective immediately, and another in San Pedro Sula, effective July 4.

Reuters
Tegucigalpa,UPDATED: Jun 26, 2023 07:35 IST

By Reuters:

The Honduran government announced curfews on Sunday in two northern cities after more than 20 people were killed overnight in separate attacks amid escalating violence in the country.

Heavily armed men opened fire on Saturday night in a billiards hall in a neighborhood in the northern manufacturing city of Choloma, killing 13 people and seriously wounding another, police press person Edgardo Barahona told Reuters.

He added at least 11 other murders had taken place on Saturday in separate episodes across the northern Valle de Sula zone, including in the industrial city of San Pedro Sulay.

President Xiomara Castro announced a 15-day curfew in Choloma between 9 pm and 4 am, effective immediately, and another in San Pedro Sula, effective July 4.

More:
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/honduran-killed-violence-overnight-curfew-imposed-northern-cities-2397896-2023-06-26
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