Prison escapees dead

Two of 18 gang members who escaped from a Honduran prison last week are dead and a third has been captured.

Police chief Francis Rivera says one fugitive was found strangled Saturday in a field of sugar cane.

Another fugitive died in a shootout with police Friday that also left an officer dead. Police captured a third inmate Sunday.

The inmates, members of the Mara gang, escaped Wednesday through a tunnel leading to a house outside the prison in the northern city of San Pedro Sula.

Among those still at large are Elmer Orellana and Alexander Reyes, who are charged in the kidnap-killing of Edwin Palacios.

Palacios was the brother of Wilson Palacios, midfielder for the English football Premier League club Tottenham Hotspurs.

- AP