Honduran families seek answers as prison riot deaths rise to 46

Security forces operate outside the Centro Femenino de Adaptacion Social (CEFAS) women prison following a deadly riot in Tamara, on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, June 20, 2023. REUTERS/Fredy Rodriguez

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) -The death toll from a riot at a women's prison in Honduras rose to 46, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday, as relatives queued at the capital's public morgue for information about incarcerated family members.

The number of victims ticked up as authorities identified more prisoners' remains, many of which were "charred or reduced" to ash, according to Yuri Mora, spokesperson for the public prosecutor's office.