Honduras declares state of emergency in prison system

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Honduras declared a state of emergency in its prison system Tuesday, suspending its civilian leaders and replacing them with a special commission led by military officers. The surprise move came four days after the slaying of Pedro Ildefonso Armas, the director of Honduras' maximum security prison. In October, Armas was chatting with accused drug trafficker Nery López Sanabria inside the prison when several inmates killed the inmate.