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Honduras Investigates Killings of 2 Indigenous Leaders caribbeanherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from caribbeanherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Honduran authorities said Wednesday they are investigating the murders of two activists and Indigenous leaders killed in separate incidents during the weekend. On Sunday, Jose Adan Medina was found shot to death in a remote location in the community of El Volcan, also in western Honduras. Medina was a member of the Tolupan Indigenous group. Felix Vasquez, a longtime environmental activist from the Lenca Indigenous group, was shot by masked men in front of relatives Saturday in his home in Santiago de Puringla. Vasquez, who was seeking the nomination of the opposition Libre party to run for congress, had fought hydroelectric projects and land abuses for years. National elections are scheduled for March. ....
HONDURAN authorities confirmed on Wednesday that they have opened investigations into the killings of two indigenous leaders in two separate incidents over the weekend. Environmental activist Felix Vasquez was killed by masked gunmen in front of his family on Saturday and Jose Adam Medina was shot dead on Sunday. Mr Vasquez was seeking to stand in the March elections for the opposition Libre Party. He was a well-known land campaigner who fought against the construction of hydroelectric projects on indigenous land. Honduras’s National Human Rights Commission condemned both killings and said it would investigate them. It confirmed that Vasquez had received threats prior to his death, but that protective measures requested by the commission in January 2020 were never carried out. ....
Another Indigenous activist brutally killed in Honduras wicnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wicnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Two indigenous leaders killed in Honduras Indigenous leader and environmentalist Berta Cáceres was murdered in 2016. She, Copinh (the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras) and the people of Río Blanco halted construction on the Agua Zarca hydroelectric project in the Río Blanco region of western Honduras . Picture from Goldman Environmental Prize Marlon Gonzalez, Associated Press 30 December, 2020 19:36 Honduran authorities said they are investigating the murders of two activists and indigenous leaders killed in separate incidents over the weekend. Felix Vasquez, a longtime environmental activist from the Lenca indigenous group, was shot by masked men in front of relatives on Saturday Decmber 26 in his home in Santiago de Puringla. ....