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COMAYAGUA, Honduras (Reuters) - Honduras came under international pressure on Friday to fix its broken prison system and allow an independent inquiry into a jailhouse blaze this week that killed more than 350 inmates, many burned alive in their cells.

2012-02-17T19:21:29ZReuters US Online Report World News Mike McDonaldtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/17/Prison_fire_puts_spotlight_Honduras_f789

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - It took just seconds to ignite the fire that killed more than 350 inmates in a Honduran prison on Valentine's Day, but the country's messy spiral into lawlessness has been years in the making.

2012-02-17T18:52:28ZReuters US Online Report World News Ioan Grillotag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/15/Fire_Honduras_jail_kills_more_3f4d

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A fire swept through a jail in Honduras, killing more than 100 people, many of them inmates, a fire department spokesman said early Wednesday.

2012-02-15T11:35:59ZReuters US Online Report Top NewsBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/15/least_Honduras_prison_fire_official_60ca

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A fire swept through a jail in Honduras, killing at least 272 people, a forensic services official said early Wednesday.

2012-02-15T11:35:59ZReuters US Online Report World NewsBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/15/Honduras_prison_fire_kills_357_0862

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A massive fire swept through a prison in Honduras and killed at least 357 people, including many inmates trapped inside their cells, officials said on Wednesday.

2012-02-15T11:35:59ZReuters US Online Report Top NewsBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/15/More_than_Honduras_prison_fire_2c08

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - More than 200 people died in a massive fire at a prison in Honduras after a riot, officials said on Wednesday, warning that the death toll could rise further.

2012-02-15T11:35:59ZReuters US Online Report Top NewsBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/15/Honduras_prison_fire_kills_more_0259

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A massive fire swept through a prison in Honduras, killing more than 200 people, and the death toll could rise further, officials said on Wednesday.

2012-02-15T11:35:59ZReuters US Online Report Top NewsBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/16/Dead_pile_after_massive_Honduran_8a73

COMAYAGUA, Honduras (Reuters) - Police and soldiers dragged out the charred remains of convicts in black body bags, hurling them onto a pile outside a Honduran prison where over 350 people died on Tuesday night, choking and screaming as they were engulfed in flames.

2012-02-15T11:35:59ZReuters US Online Report World News Mike McDonaldtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/16/Honduras_under_fire_after_huge_695f

COMAYAGUA, Honduras (Reuters) - Survivors of a Honduran jailhouse fire that killed more than 350 inmates accused prison guards of leaving prisoners to die trapped inside their cells and even firing on others when they tried to escape.

2012-02-15T11:35:59ZReuters US Online Report World News Ioan Grillo and Mike McDonaldtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/16/Huge_prison_fire_kills_over_3b0f

COMAYAGUA, Honduras (Reuters) - Survivors of a Honduran jailhouse fire that killed more than 350 inmates accused guards of leaving prisoners to die trapped inside their cells and shooting at others when they tried to escape.

2012-02-15T11:35:59ZReuters US Online Report World News Ioan Grillo and Mike McDonaldtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/16/Survivors_accuse_guards_after_Honduras_a39f

COMAYAGUA, Honduras (Reuters) - Survivors of a Honduran prison fire that killed more than 350 inmates accused guards of leaving inmates to die inside their cells and shooting at others who tried to escape the flames that burned victims alive.

2012-02-15T11:35:59ZReuters US Online Report World News Ioan Grillo and Mike McDonaldtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/17/Survivors_accuse_guards_after_Honduras_a39f

COMAYAGUA, Honduras (Reuters) - Survivors of a Honduran prison fire that killed more than 350 inmates accused guards of leaving inmates to die inside their cells and shooting at others who tried to escape the flames.

2012-02-15T11:35:59ZReuters US Online Report World News Ioan Grillo and Mike McDonaldtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/11/30/Honduras_turns_army_battle_drug_a6d7

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras' Congress voted on Tuesday to deploy the army to fight encroaching Mexican drug cartels in a bid to curb violence in the world's most murderous country.

2011-11-30T06:49:36ZReuters US Online Report World NewsREUTERStag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/10/24/Hurricane_Rina_heads_Mexican_resort_fef3

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Rina gathered a bit more steam in the Caribbean on Monday, spinning away from the already soaked coffee and sugar growing countries of Central America as it heads to the Mexican resort of Cancun.

2011-10-25T03:11:09ZReuters Environmental Online ReportREUTERStag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/10/15/Central_America_death_toll_from_bfc3

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - The death toll from torrential rains in Central America over the past week has almost doubled since Saturday, with a further 25 lives lost in El Salvador, authorities said on Sunday.

2011-10-17T03:14:58ZReuters Environmental Online ReportNelson Renteriatag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/08/26/Honduras_recognizes_Palestine_independent_state_2d52

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras on Friday recognized Palestine as an independent state amid a drive by the Arab League to upgrade it to full membership status in the United Nations.

2011-08-26T23:56:42ZReuters US Online Report World NewsREUTERStag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/08/19/Tropical_Storm_Harvey_forms_over_b87b

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Tropical storm Harvey hit the coast of Central America on Saturday, lashing Belize with strong winds and rain and threatening to dump more on sugar- and coffee-producing areas in the region.

2011-08-20T19:47:36ZReuters Environmental Online ReportMike McDonaldtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/07/28/Cocaine_recovered_from_sunken_Honduras_e6b4

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Combined Honduran and U.S. naval forces recovered 2.5 metric tons of cocaine from a submarine intercepted on its way from Colombia to the United States, authorities said Thursday.

2011-07-29T02:46:25ZReuters US Online Report World NewsREUTERStag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/07/05/Drug_bodies_expose_flaws_Mexican_10db

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Alejandro Espinoza knew his brother and nephew were dead when he saw the photo in the newspaper, their bloodied bodies slumped in a pile of 72 migrants massacred in northern Mexico by the Zetas drug gang.

2011-07-05T16:19:29ZReuters US Online Report Science NewsMica Rosenbergtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/04/11/Mass_kidnappings_cash_Mexico_drug_258b

LA PATRONA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican drug gangs branching out into new criminal activity are earning a steady stream of cash from the mass kidnapping of migrants, making the already arduous journey to the United States even more lethal.

2011-04-11T12:02:41ZReuters US Online Report World NewsLorena Segura and Mica Rosenberg