The victims were shot on Monday.

The Honduran National Police raised this Tuesday to nine dead after a massacre in a village in the department of Comayaguacentral region of the Central American country, an official source reported.

“We carried out the cadaveric removal of eight people from the scene and one person was seriously injured, but it has been confirmed that he lost his life and they would add nine victims in a mass murder“, told the press the spokesperson for the Police Investigations Department (DPI). Christian Nolasco.

All nine people were shot. Monday when they returned to their community from the city of Comayagua, capital of the department of the same name.

Honduran President Xiomara Castro demanded security secretary authorities
Honduran President Xiomara Castro has demanded from the authorities of the security secretary “strong actions and results” in the next 72 hours

The victims, eight men and one woman, have been identified as Rosa Delia Canales; the brothers Miguel Ángel, Limber Joel, Carlos and Henry Ismael Aguilar del Cid; José Miguel Morales, Edwin Hernán Domínguez, Ismael Aguilar Morales and Anael Calix.

According to the first investigations, “we concluded that it could be a settling of accounts due to enmity or suddenly an unpaid debt,” Nolasco pointed out.

So far, authorities investigating the massacre They have no idea who is responsible. multiple murder, said the same source.

Messages from Xiomara Castro on Twitter
Messages from Xiomara Castro on Twitter

The President of Honduras, Xiomara Castrodemanded the day before the authorities of the Secretary of Security “energetic actions and resultsin the next 72 hours before the crime wave hits your country.

“Security Secretary: I solved everything they asked me. National control of penitentiary centers, transfer of the Anti-Maras Force, Directorate of Investigations and Intelligence, state of emergency and expansions over more than 60% of the national territory,” Castro wrote in a message on the social network Twitter.

“It is not possible that we are attacked by organized crime in constant massacres and feminicides, among others. I demand strong action and results within the next 72 hours! The waiting time is over!” Castro said in a second post.

Criminal violence in Honduras leaves on average between ten and twelve daily deathsaccording to human rights organizations and law enforcement sources.

(With information from EFE)

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