Dozens of women die in a grisly riot in Honduran prison the president blames on gangs

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A grisly riot at a women’s prison in Honduras Tuesday left at least 41 women dead, most burned to death, in violence the country’s president blamed on “mara” street gangs that often wield broad power inside penitentiaries. Twenty-six of the victims were burned to death and the remainder shot or stabbed at…

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