Almost 2,000 youths killed in Honduras in 4 years

“Almost 2,000 children and youths, many of them members of violent street gangs, were killed in Honduras in the last four years, a child advocacy group said on Thursday.

The number of youth slayings was almost double that recorded in the preceding four years in the poverty-stricken Central American nation, and many bodies showed signs of torture, Casa Alianza said in a report.

The group said the bodies of 1,976 youths under the age of 23 were found during the four-year presidency of Ricardo Maduro, who stepped down in January. Many were killings carried out by rival gangs, others by shadowy death squads.”

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