Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega claims Costa Rica has expansionist plans and wants to steal the San Juan River, just as it took Guanacaste and Nicoya from Nicaragua 185 years ago.
Nicaragua's Edén Pastora says Isla Calero, claimed by Costa Rica, is actually part of Nicaragua. Said Pastora: “I have the responsibility to the people of Nicaragua, to the government, and to the party to clean the river and rescue it.”
The purported gang members stopped the bus and drenched everyone inside with gasoline, including an 18-month-old baby; “they set fire to them and shot those who tried to escape.”
San Pedro Sula has been the scene of two other recent mass murders. Suspected gang members killed 17 workers on Sept. 7 at a shoe factory, while six young people were gunned down on Oct. 14 at a house in the northern city in an incident believed linked to drug trafficking.
Former Government Minister Carlos Vielman allegedly arranged the extralegal execution of seven inmates, and is accused of being a member of a criminal organization.
