Authorities on Saturday announced the arrest of two additional suspects in an attack on a bus that killed 28 passengers and wounded 14, while thousands of soldiers searched for more of the gunmen and families buried the victims.
Fear has hit San Pedro Sula in Honduras as hardened street gangs vowed to step up a terror campaign against the population and government officials trying to put them out of business.
The officials have pledged not to give in to threats from armed thugs who, on Thursday, massacred 28 men, women and children as they headed home on a yellow bus from work and Christmas shopping.
On Christmas Day, the people in the Chamelecon sector of the city, where the attack took place on a desolate street, put planned celebrations on hold to mourn the dead. President Ricardo Maduro went to the crime scene and pledged to bring to justice the victims and the perpetrators.
Maduro announced a reward of $53,000 for anyone providing information that leads to the arrest of those responsible.
Suspected gang member Alexis Ramírez, 23, was arrested in San Pedro shortly after the attack while driving a car with two assault rifles, two pistols and ammunition, officials said.
Six children and 22 adults died Thursday when people suspected of being gang members and wielding assault rifles cornered a city bus in the San Pedro Sula suburb of Chamelecon, 125 miles north of the capital, Tegucigalpa, and sprayed it with gunfire.
