At least 13 killed people in Honduras prison

At least 13 people were killed last night in a clash between inmates at a prison in Honduras, an official said.

One person was also wounded by gunfire in the fight at a high-security wing of a national penitentiary 20 kilometres north of the capital city, national prison chief Jaime Banegas said.

He said the clash was later brought under control.

In May 2004, a fire swept through a jail in the lowland Honduran city of San Pedro Sula, killing more than 100 inmates, all of them members of the Mara Salvatrucha street gang that has been targeted in a controversial government crackdown.

Scores of inmates, including gang members, died in April 2003 in a jail riot in the port city of La Ceiba.