Officers Crack Down on Gangs After Police Slain
From Times Wire Reports
As U.S. police looked on, hundreds of Honduran officers stormed neighborhoods of Tegucigalpa, the capital, cracking down on youth gangs after the slaying of two undercover narcotics officers this week.
President Ricardo Maduro, wearing a bulletproof vest, oversaw the raids in districts where the Mara Salvatrucha and Mara 18 gangs are active.
Thirty people were arrested, police said.
Police from Indianapolis took part as observers, although a press photograph showed a U.S. officer helping make an arrest.
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