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** The Timebomb That Exploded Twice: Behind the Massacres in Honduras’ Women’s Prison ([link removed])
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InSight Crime is pleased to announce the launch of our latest investigation, “The Timebomb That Exploded Twice: Behind the Massacres in Honduras’ Women’s Prison. ([link removed]) ”
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On June 20, 2023, the National Penitentiary for Social Adaptation of Women in Honduras (Penitenciaría Nacional Femenina de Adaptación Social – PNFAS) grabbed headlines worldwide, following the brutal assassination of a least 46 inmates at the hands of alleged Barrio 18 gang members. The event was one of the deadliest massacres recorded in a women’s prison in Latin America.

InSight Crime spent a week in the PNFAS in April 2023, conducting interviews with dozens of inmates and authorities.

The testimonies gathered by our investigators suggest that this massacre did not happen in a vacuum. Several inmates had been reporting for years the lack of protection within the prison and the growing tension between Barrio 18 and their rivals, the Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS13). The tensions created an environment akin to a ticking time bomb.
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This was not the first time it exploded. Three years earlier, in May 2020, the women of Barrio 18 were involved in another massacre, in which they killed six women allegedly linked to the MS13.

Despite this precedent, authorities underestimated the potential for violence that persisted among the women at the PNFAS, focusing their efforts on intervening in gang conflicts in male prisons.

In this investigation, we delve into the story of a former MS13 gang member and a member of Barrio 18 to explore how these institutional shortcomings, gender stereotypes, and gang disputes set the stage for both massacres.

We invite you to explore the full investigation, available on our website ([link removed]) .

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The InSight Crime Team
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