Suspected Ringleader in Bus Attack Is Arrested
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From Times Wire Reports
Honduran President Ricardo Maduro said police had arrested the alleged mastermind of an attack on a public bus that killed 28 passengers two weeks ago.
The suspect was identified as Juan Carlos Miralda, 24, a leader of the violent Mara Salvatrucha gang, which police blamed for the Dec. 23 slayings outside the northern city of San Pedro Sula, about 125 miles north of the capital, Tegucigalpa.
Ten other gang members have been arrested in connection with the killings.
All have been charged with homicide.
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