A powerful 6.5 magnitude earthquake in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of El Salvador shook much of Central America on Tuesday, from Nicaragua to Guatemala, sending residents in some cities streaming into the streets.
Observers say that a crackdown in Honduras on gangs in the nation’s prisons is eerily similar to one carried out last year in neighboring El Salvador by President Nayib Bukele.
In the country’s Legislative Assembly, lawmakers fled their desks to get out of the building, before returning a short time later to resume the session.In Nicaragua, the quake was felt strongly in the capital and all along the Pacific coast. Nicaragua Vice President and first lady Rosario Murillo said there were no reported victims immediately in that country.
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