Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Several members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) were arrested this Friday morning in a mountainous area on the road leading to the department of Olancho.
As reported by the National Police, This is a assassin camp which was handled by the Mara Salvatrucha, which was used as a center for teaching, practice and knowledge in the use of firearms.
The operational deployment took place from very early hours this Friday in the sector known as La Sieneguita, with the support of Police Intelligence and the National Directorate of Special Forces (DNFE).
The Secretary of Security reported that the camp called by the criminal group as “the small school”, was installed in a mountainous area on the hill of a river, was used for teaching, practice and training in the use of weapons. In addition, there criminal actions were planned and they had installed a narcolaboratorio.
Police officials managed to require the sector to six alleged ringleaders of the criminal structure, verifying that they have a police record and that one of them has three arrest warrants pending for the crimes of homicide, murder and unlawful association.
Among the confiscated is the following:
– 74 packages containing alleged marijuana
– Four shotgun-type firearms
– An AK-47 rifle-type firearm
– A 40 mm pistol-type firearm
– Five pressure rings
– 32 bulletproof vests
– Three fatigues and a pair of boots for military use
– Seven metal rifle magazines
– Two pistol magazines
– Four boxes of ammunition
– Two communication radios
– A machete
– Four axes
– 10 paintball guns
– Two mobile phones
The Police Directorate of Investigations transferred the detainees along with the clues to their central office for the formation of the investigation file and sent them to the prosecutor’s office on duty.
Gerson Velasquez, Head of the Directorate of Operational Planning and Continuous Improvement, said that “this has been achieved thanks to investigations conducted by the DPI and Dipol, as well as the precise execution of the National Directorate of Special Forces. we showed the population that the Police are working to combat the impact that these structures leave on society, such as deaths and other violent incidents that are recorded daily.
The police official warned those still operating within these groups, that at any moment they will also be captured to answer for their actions to justice.