Military buses transporting gang members leave the Marco Aurelio Soto prison as they are transfered to higher security prisons in a bid to curb down extortion, killings and drug deals, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, May 16, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The Honduran government said on Tuesday it had moved 773 gang members to a maximum security prison, completing the relocation of some 2,000 highly dangerous inmates in a bid to prevent penitentiaries serving as command centres for criminal activity.
Under heavy military guard, hundreds of members of the powerful Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and Barrio 18 gangs were transferred from the crowded Marco Aurelio Soto prison to a high security facility east of Tegucigalpa known as "El Pozo II."
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