Tegucigalpa, October 13 (RHC-EFE) -- Two Honduran prosecutors were murdered in San Pedro Sula in northern Honduras, police and the local press reported. The victims were identified as Marlene Banegas and Patricia Eufragio.
According to an attorney who was a friend of the victims, Banegas was coordinator of the prosecutor's office for crimes against life, and Eufragio was in charge of the prosecutor's office for environmental crimes.
Both prosecutors were in a car when they were attacked for reasons as yet unknown. The coordinator of the District Attorney's Office in San Pedro Sula, Rene Diaz, said that Banegas was in the process of investigating "many crimes" and that several prosecutors in the area "are being threatened."
According to preliminary reports, Banegas had just left her office when she was murdered along with her colleague.
Honduras is going through a wave of criminal violence that leaves at least 14 people dead every day, according to official figures.
Two Prosecutors Murdered in Northern Honduras
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