Three Honduran policemen killed in shootout to free jailed MS-13 gang leader

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Three Honduran policemen killed in shootout to free jailed MS-13 gang leader
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About 20 gunmen dressed in military fatigues and police uniforms on Thursday kil...

Members of a forensic team work at a crime scene where about 20 gunmen dressed in military and police uniforms on Thursday killed three policemen and wounded two others during an attack to liberate one of the most senior leaders of the powerful MS-13 gang, in El Progreso, Honduras February 13, 2020. REUTERS/Roberto Amaya

Alexander Mendoza, a notorious MS-13 figure also known as “El Porky,” escaped during the attack in the city of El Progreso, 175 kilometers north of the capital, Tegucigalpa. He was on way to a trial hearing. The most important MS-13 leader on the northern city of San Pedro Sula, Mendoza had been captured in 2015 and sentenced to 20 years in jail on charges of illicit association and money laundering.

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández offered a reward of 2 million lempiras for information that leads to Mendoza’s recapture.

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