A remote tropical island turned into a prison, Honduras

Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 16 October 2019 at 15:17:33 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 13 April 2020 at 15:51:16 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 31 August 2020 at 15:21:17 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 19 November 2020 at 11:28:17 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 19 March 2022 at 15:58:59 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Security, island, Honduras
Fig. 1 - S3 OLCI (16.10.2019, 13.04.2020 & 31.08.2020) - Honduras plans to build the only island prison colony in the Western Hemisphere.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (19.03.2022); S1(19.11.2020) - It intends to send 2000 gang leaders on the Islas del Cisne archipelago 155 miles off the coast.
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This island is far from any internet or cell phone network. It is part of a larger crackdown following the gang-related massacre of 46 women in one prison.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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