Gunmen Burst into Honduras Factory, Kill 18

(AP)  Men armed with assault rifles burst into a shoe factory and opened fire Tuesday, killing at least 18 workers and wounding five, Honduran authorities said.

National police spokesman Leonel Sauceda called the attack in the northern city of San Pedro Sula "a massacre."

Authorities initially reported 15 dead, but three of the injured later died of their wounds, said assistant police commissioner Hector Ivan Mejia.

"Apparently the massacre was carried out as part of a turf battle between small-scale drug gangs, given that that neighborhood has conflicts because of the presence of gang members," Mejia said.

San Pedro Sula has been a hotbed of gunbattles between drug traffickers and among the country's Mara street gangs.

Sauceda said at least four men using assault rifles were involved in the attack at the small shoe factory. He said 23 employees were present and all were either killed or wounded.

Also Tuesday, thousands of supporters of former President Manuel Zelaya staged street protests in the capital, Tegucigalpa, to demand the ousted leader's return as well as a 15 percent rise in the minimum wage, currently about $290 a month.

Zelaya was removed in a June 2009 coup, and his term expired in January. He was replaced by Porfirio Lobo, who won a fall presidential elections that had been scheduled before Zelaya's ouster.

Lobo has said Zelaya, who has been living in the Dominican Republic, is welcome to return to Honduras, but says he must face charges of fraud, usurping other institutions' powers and falsifying documents.

The demonstrators included unionized workers, government employees and students. They blocked traffic in at least two points in the city, and demonstrations were held in other cities.

One small group of masked protesters shattered windows at a television station, the offices of the country's Human Rights Commission and a bank branch.

[tsigili]

Eventually you begin to wonder, if there are any decent people, anywhere, in Latin America, as the drug cartels, seem to be operating in just about every country, south of the US border.

[KenMore_Dryer]

Yes this soley is a sad story..

Police are Clogged up with phone calls as they receive 'Converse' and "flip-flop " versions of events ;

Police are Knee-high with suspects and the paperwork is stacking up "thigh-high" , and they promise to get to the "Bootem" of this quickly ;

The Police have their best "gum-shoes", 'Buster Brown and Adi-Das?on the case

Police have stated...they are ?tongue? tied right now but "first-steps-first", we are going at this with "one foot in front of the other", we have crossed paths we these slipper(y) pair before;

Police believe this was the work of their "arch" enemies

These 2 Gunmen are well "heeled", a regular "pair of sneakers", and that this was not the work of a "Sole" Shooter ,

Police have, ?a shoed?, the public that they are "Dead on the Gunmen's heels", and promise to have this case "laced up tight", and Knot to worry ;

POLICE warn the Public... " the Gunmen are Not your average nickle and dime 'penny-loafers', dont knot tangle with them

As these are Poor LAtinos, with no money for a proper burial, for the Gunmen ran off with all the ?Booty?, Authorities will need to Shoehorn these "18" Poor Soles into the Same casket, as if it was a U.S. Border Crossing.?..

Good Night ; God Bless, Hug YOUR Loved ones and Pray for their Families
Vio Con Dios?. Ya?ll