The fire that swept through the medium-security prison in Comayagua, Honduras, on the night of Feb. 14, 2012, took the lives of 361 individuals. Devastating flames danced high above the prison walls.

Una persona identificada como alias “El Brujo” fue capturada en Comayagua por su presunta participación en robos y asaltos en ...

COMAYAGUA, Honduras - Honduran officials confirmed Wednesday that 358 people died when a fire tore through an overcrowded prison, making it the world's deadliest prison fire in a century. With 856 ...

Most of the prisoners burned alive by a fire at the Comayagua prison in Honduras that claimed 358 lives had never been charged or convicted, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

Honduran officials confirmed Wednesday that 358 people died when a fire started by an inmate tore through an overcrowded prison. With 856 prisoners packed into barracks, the farm prison in the ...

COMAYAGUA, Honduras - Six guards, 800-plus prisoners in 10 cellblocks, one set of keys. The numbers added up to disaster when fire tore through a prison and 355 people died, many yet to even be ...

Relatives of inmates await outside the National Prison of Comayagua compound in Comayagua, Honduras, on February 15, 2012, where at least 357 prisioners were killed and scores injured when fire ...

According to an internal government report sent to the United Nations and seen by the Associated Press, more than half the prisoners at the Comayagua jail in Honduras had not been convicted. A late ...