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Added on the 26/06/2023 20:37:12 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Members of the Military Police of Public Order (PMOP) guard inmates at the National Penitentiary "Francisco Morazan" in Tamara after the government announced that military police would assume control of Honduras's 21 prisons for one year starting July 1, and train 2,000 new prison guards following clashes between rival gangs that left at least 46 women dead in a prison near the capital Tegucigalpa. IMAGES TO COMPLETE: 33KV7UU_EN + 33KX3YR_EN
Honduras State Secretary of the National Defence Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales publishes a video on his Twitter account showing handcuffed inmates on the floor of a prison under the surveillance of military police. IMAGES
Relatives of people who died in a women's prison in Honduras following a fire and clashes between rival gangs despair as the bodies of their loved ones are brought to an autopsy centre in the capital Tegucigalpa. IMAGES
Israeli police officers and military secure the site where three people where killed in what police described as a shooting attack near the Allenby Crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan. The deadly shooting at the Allenby Bridge Crossing, also known as King Hussein Crossing, comes amid surging violence in the West Bank, with major Israeli military raids and attacks by Palestinians. IMAGES
Dozens of military and police inspect vehicles on an avenue leading to the center of Ecuador's port city of Guayaquil, after the government and drug mafias declared war on each other. The small South American country has been plunged into crisis after years of growing control by transnational cartels who use its ports to ship cocaine to the United States and Europe. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.