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Published May 29, 2023, 7:20 a.m. by Bethany
VICE news traveled to honduras to embedded with drug gangs and document the country's ongoing struggle with gang violence.
What we found was a country that is struggling to cope with the violence that has been inflicted upon it by drug gangs. The Honduran government has been working to crack down on the gangs, but they have been met with resistance.
The people we spoke to told us that the gangs are becoming more brazen and that the government is not doing enough to protect them. They also said that the drug gangs are becoming more powerful and that they are terrorizing the population.
We also spoke to some of the gang members themselves. They told us that they are just trying to make a living and that they are not interested in violence.
However, the reality is that the drug gangs are responsible for a lot of the violence in honduras. They are involved in turf wars and they often target innocent civilians.
The situation in honduras is dire and it is only getting worse. The government needs to do more to protect its citizens from the gangs and to crack down on the violence.
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my name is gorinto masuch I am a
photographer I'm born in Belgrade
choose to go to Honduras
who are a city called San Pedro Sola
which has one of the highest murder
rates in the planet I met two main gangs
a marisolatrician MS-13 and Mario 18.
it was a gang member or MS-13 he was
posing with revolver he was holding a
marijuana for sale they also was dealing
the cocaine from the same house
who were killing people by others of
their gangs and they were telling me how
many people they killed and how they
fight I didn't really like the
atmosphere and I really want to do this
shoot quick and despair
this is a gang member of Marisol Allen
he was also one of sicarias this house
was a kind of hot spot of frequent
attack of Barrio 18. one moment I was
sitting there and he jumped and went to
window the guys noticed the police car
coming close to this house he jumped to
check and I saw these pictures he was
killed before they published these
pictures
thank you
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a Crossing to Libya from Egypt when I
was based at that time as soon as I
heard the rebels take over one of the
border crossings this was the beginning
of Arab Springer prizing in Libya it was
little chaos
I enter in one of the weapon Depot of
Gaddafi Army it was weapons all over and
it was fm2s and AKs all kinds of things
properly new from the boxes they were
trying to offer me not a pistol guns
Rockets start locking here as you know
boys I don't need that
he tried to take more than he can carry
this is not a symbolism in this picture
light is for me it's a happiness he's
looking at the light this guy is Happy
of having a gun
I was traveling west to the front line
we actually find group of rebels while
we were talking to them they captured
African boys accused of being
mercenaries fighting for Gaddafi
here in this situation the kick out
photographers but they let me stay they
slept a few times they put them on the
ground they put the pistol in the head
of this boy and interrogate him
after a while they put him on a truck
back and drive him a shower he was
terrified and it's normal when some put
gun in the head you cannot feel good I
felt really sorry for this boy I really
hope he survived but who knows
the rebels were heading toward Gaddafi
boys
one moment Gaddafi will start shelling
with multiplied rocket launchers called
grad they start coming quite close
I saw it something flying
they all of them jumped like crazy I
couldn't believe when I'm shooting
what's happening you can see a huge
piece of shrapnel almost hit three guys
and it's a miracle how they escaped you
look at this distance between his his
huge piece it's massive would cut him in
half he was a lucky man
I don't know for how long but definitely
at the day
I was covering anti-government protest
and Burundi
a late president
wanted to provide for the third term as
a president and ended up massive
protests in the streets of bujumbura
I heard there is some protest already
started in one of the neighborhoods I
went there I found a group of protesters
charging at a police officer
apparently she shot a protester with AK
in the stomach
and everyone gets angry
her face she's already in panic she's
scared she was already heated with metal
huge pot in the head and some rocks if
you look at her face expression I
believe she thought this is her last day
things are happening so quick the mob
they get angry look at his face man he's
he's totally out of himself and this guy
and this guy is totally angry that was
total chaos
did you dump her down and they drag her
it was terrible
I cannot imagine what was in her head I
thought they're going to kill her after
this the the emotions come down
I think she was not killed simply
because journalist and photographer over
there but I believe he maybe saved her
life
I stopped this really young it was
already war in my country
good friends were killed and they did
pretty much shaped my life in
photojournalism
they learned very quickly that the only
way I can survive if I exclude the
emotions when you're working
that doesn't mean I don't care or I'm
not emotional but this is the only way
to do the job and survive otherwise you
are not capable of doing it
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