PROBE INTO MURDERS OF STREET CHILDREN.(Brief Article)

Caribbean Update | October 1, 2002 | Copyright

Honduras, shamed by international publicity over nearly 1,300 child murders in four years, will launch a special security force to tackle street violence and investigate the unsolved deaths, reports Independent Digital (UK) Ltd. (Sept. 4, 2002). Oscar Alvarez, the Honduran Security Minister, said: "We are going to clear up once and for all who is carrying out these killings of children and young people." No killer has been identified in at least 60% of child murders cases that plague one of Central America's most destitute countries. Critics repeatedly accuse Honduran police ...

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