The driver of an ambulance and a vigilante who accompanied him, both hospital workers in Honduras, were arrested as they were carrying around 300 packs of marijuana in an ambulance, authorities said.
The weight of the cargo has not been released. The two men "were the subject of an intelligence report alleging that they were members of the Barrio 18 gang and were using the ambulance to transport weapons, drugs and other criminal acts," said the man. spokesperson for the National Anti-Extortion Force, Mario Fu.
They set off their siren
The two criminals used the ambulance to circulate in the capital, despite the curfew imposed in the country to fight the epidemic of Covid-19. They did not hesitate to activate the siren to avoid the police checks.
Gang criminal activity makes Honduras one of the most violent countries in the world, with a rate of more than 40 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, according to figures from the National University's Violence Observatory. The average rate worldwide is 6.1 homicides per 100,000 people. According to the latest official figures, 307 people were infected with Covid-19, 22 of whom died, in this Central American country of 9 million inhabitants.
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