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Gunmen Open Fire in Two Separate Attacks on the Honduras Coast, Killing at Least 16 People, Police Say
Police said gunmen killed at least 16 people in two attacks, as investigators were sent to the scene and the toll remained unclear.
- On Thursday, gunmen launched two separate attacks on the Honduran coast, killing at least 16 people, including six police officers, the Honduran National Police reported.
- At a ranch in Trujillo, at least 10 workers were shot and killed, though Honduran National Police spokesperson Edgardo Barahona said the final toll remains unclear because relatives removed bodies.
- Assailants targeted police in Omoa, Cortes, killing six officers during an anti-gang mission while traveling from Tegucigalpa near the Guatemalan border, police said.
- Investigators, forensic specialists, and prosecutors are deploying to both attack sites, with the National Police and armed forces responding to the areas, the Security Ministry said.
- A decades-long agrarian conflict has historically impacted the resource-rich region where these violent events unfolded, providing context to ongoing instability in Honduras.
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Among the dead are also six police officers, authorities report.
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At least 25 people killed as gunmen open fire in two separate attacks in Honduras
The resource-rich region has been the site of a decades-long agrarian conflict. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has previously issued precautionary measures to some activists in the region who have been threatened, surveilled and intimidated for their work defending the environment.
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Leaning Left31Leaning Right4Center17Last UpdatedBias Distribution59% Left
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