Honduras

Two Salvadorans who mediated in a gang truce in their country that cut the homicide rate by at least 50 percent met Monday with gang leaders in Honduras, where they will help do the same.El Salvador's chief army and police chaplain, Monsignor Fabio Colindres, and former guerrilla fighter Raul Mijango talked inside the San Pedro Sula prison with leaders of Honduras' 18th Street and Mara Salvatrucha gangs. Those gangs also dominate criminal activity in El Salvador and Guatemala.Members of the Organization of American States are also participating in the negotiations to secure a truce with the government in Honduras, which is often called the most dangerous country in the world."The Salvadorans mediators have come expressly to support this effort, to convey their experiences and offer support, taking into account the context of violence in Honduras is different from El Salvador," said Roman Catholic Bishop Romulo Emiliani of San Pedro Sula, who began mediating a gang truce eight months ag...

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