Authorities carry out an operation to disarm inmates The Honduran Army and the National Police are carrying out a large scale joint operation to disarm inmates from the Mara Salvatrucha and the so-called Paisas, after disturbances - involving AK-47 assault rifles and at least three grenades - left three members of the Mara-18 (M-18) gang dead and six other inmates wounded. Images of members of the Honduran Army checking people at the entrance of the Tamara National Penitentiary, 20 kms north of Tegucigalpa.