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Inside the 'pure hell' of violence against women in Honduras

In Honduras, poverty, gang violence and corruption are fueling a domestic-violence epidemic in the Central American country where on average, a woman is murdered every 13 hours. As a result, many Honduran women flee the country and become part of a wave of undocumented immigrants to the United States. Special Correspondent John Carlos Frey reports.

Inside the 'pure hell' of violence against women in Honduras

10m 8s

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