3 Honduran Policemen Killed in Shootout to Free Jailed MS-13 Gang Leader

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About 20 gunmen dressed in military fatigues and police uniforms on Thursday killed three policemen and wounded two others during an attack to free one of the most senior leaders of the MS-13 gang, police said.

Alexander Mendoza, a notorious MS-13 figure also known as “El Porky,” escaped during the attack in the city of El Progreso, 108 miles north of the capital, Tegucigalpa. He was on way to a trial hearing.

The notorious MS-13 gang was founded by Salvadorans in Los Angeles, California, in the 1980s and spread to El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala as the United States deported waves of migrants.

Local residents pass by a grafitti made by the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang in the MS-13-controlled El Bosque neighborhood in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on May 9, 2017. (Orlando Sierra/AFP via Getty Images)

The most important MS-13 leader on the northern city of San Pedro Sula, Mendoza had been captured in 2015 and sentenced to 20 years in jail on charges of illicit association and money laundering.

“We are going to recapture this man and arrest those who helped him escape,” said Deputy Minister of Security Luis Suazo.

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hern谩ndez offered a reward of 2 million lempiras ($80,000) for information that leads to Mendoza’s recapture.

A Military Police soldier stands by a graffiti made by the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang that reads “Girls Of The Combo Go Away Or We’ll Kill You,” in the MS-13-controlled El Bosque neighborhood in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on May 9, 2017. (Orlando Sierra/AFP via Getty Images)

Local television showed images of about 20 uniformed men and with their faces covered shooting and then climbing into several vehicles to escape with Mendoza.

MS-13, along with its rival Mara 18, are among the most powerful gangs operating in Central America, with most of their activities dedicated to extortion, assassinations, and drug trafficking.

By Gustavo Palencia

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