The Honduran Congress has voted to ban motorcyclists from riding with passengers in a bid to cut down a spate of drive-by killings.
Honduras is a key transit country for cocaine smuggled from South America and on to the US market.
Increasing encroachment by Mexican drug cartels, as well as the presence of violent street gangs, have increased insecurity in the country. The police force itself is undergoing a purge amid efforts to root out officers with links to organised crime. Honduras has the world's highest murder rate: 82 per 100,000 people a year.
The move follows two high-profile murders this week, both blamed on gunmen on motorbikes. Journalist Luz Marina Paz and her driver were shot dead on Tuesday as they drove through the capital, Tegucigalpa.
The following day men on motorcycles killed former government security adviser Alfredo Landaverde in his car.
Source:
BBC News
Honduras is a key transit country for cocaine smuggled from South America and on to the US market.
Increasing encroachment by Mexican drug cartels, as well as the presence of violent street gangs, have increased insecurity in the country. The police force itself is undergoing a purge amid efforts to root out officers with links to organised crime. Honduras has the world's highest murder rate: 82 per 100,000 people a year.
The move follows two high-profile murders this week, both blamed on gunmen on motorbikes. Journalist Luz Marina Paz and her driver were shot dead on Tuesday as they drove through the capital, Tegucigalpa.
The following day men on motorcycles killed former government security adviser Alfredo Landaverde in his car.
Source:
BBC News
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