Most relatives said they didn't believe the authorities' account that a prisoner set a mattress on fire late Feb. 14 after threatening to burn down Comayagua prison, located 55 miles (90 kilometers) north of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
The fire is the deadliest prison blaze in a century and has exposed just how deep government dysfunction and confusion go in Honduras, a small Central American country with the world's highest murder rate.
--The Associated Press contributed to this blog post.
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