Leader of Honduras Gang Escapes From Jail

Leader of Honduras Gang Escapes From Jail: "Leader of Honduras Gang Escapes From Jail

By FREDDY CUEVAS
The Associated Press
Tuesday, June 6, 2006; 11:59 PM

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- A leader of a violent kidnapping gang that abducted and killed the son of a former Honduran president was among four inmates who escaped from a prison outside the capital on Tuesday.

The prisoners used makeshift saws to cut through the bars of their cells at the National Penitentiary outside Tegucigalpa. A rainstorm muffled the sound of the escape, but guards may also have been involved, prison director Rafael Castro told reporters"