A riot at a women’s prison in Honduras has left at least 48 people dead, in what the country’s government is calling a direct attack on its own administration. 

This deadly riot comes at a time when the country is taking measures to crack-down on organized crime gangs that have made the country one of the most dangerous in Latin America. 

CGTN’s Alasdair Baverstock reports.

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