Dangerous in the anus of an inmate | Chronic

Staff at a maximum security prison in Honduras detected a dangerous device in the anus of an inmate. The subject had in his rectum a fragmentation grenade, with which it is presumed that another inmate would be killed.

According to local media, the day of the events, the detainee Edgar Misael Martínez He had to be transferred from prison for medical reasons to an unidentified medical center and, on his return, found the explosive device inserted in his body.

Official sources have badured that Martinez left the prison without any strange objects in his body, but returned with the grenade, which was discovered when pbading under a rigorous security check, as part of the program. examination made to all prisoners on leaving and entering the prison known as "El Pozo".

The medical staff of the penal center is responsible for extracting it from the offender's body, "without the need for surgery", although always with "a lot of risk"said the source, who said that "an investigation has already been opened" with at least two people.

In a statement, the Deputy Minister of Security, Luis Suazo, announced Thursday that the grenade carrying Martinez, a member of the groupMara-18", one of the most dangerous gangs in the world, was discovered by a"x ray low radiation"Made in prison.

Meanwhile, the lawyer Carlos Chajtur he told reporters Thursday that the explosive would apparently be used for "finish"with his defendant, the defendant Magdaleno MezaHe therefore asked the prison authorities that his client be sent to another establishment, for example a military unit, because his life is in danger in a prison.