Honduras announces curfews in two northern cities after 22 people were shot dead overnight in separate attacks amid escalating violence in the country
1,000 additional police and military are being sent to the Sula Valley, where Choloma and San Pedro Sul are located, says Security Minister. / Photo: AFP
Heavily armed men opened fire on Saturday night in a billiards hall in a neighbourhood in the northern manufacturing city of Choloma, killing 11 people and seriously wounding three more, police press person Edgardo Barahona said. President Xiomara Castro announced via Twitter a 15-day curfew in Choloma between 9pm and 4am local, effective immediately, and another in San Pedro Sula, effective July 4.1,000 additional security forces
Security Minister Gustavo Sanchez announced later on Sunday that the government would be sending a proposal to Congress to"classify members of a criminal structure, maras or gangs as terrorists" in the coming days.
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