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Eugene

(61,592 posts)
Tue Jun 21, 2016, 11:28 AM Jun 2016

Berta Cáceres's name was on Honduran military hitlist, says former soldier

Source: The Guardian

Berta Cáceres's name was on Honduran military hitlist, says former soldier

A unit trained by US special forces was ordered to kill the environmental
activist who was slain in March, according to an ex-member who now
fears for his life


Nina Lakhani in Mexico City
Tuesday 21 June 2016 10.00 BST

Berta Cáceres, the murdered environmental campaigner, appeared on a hitlist distributed to US-trained special forces units of the Honduran military months before her death, a former soldier has claimed.

Lists featuring the names and photographs of dozens of social and environmental activists were given to two elite units, with orders to eliminate each target, according to First Sergeant Rodrigo Cruz, 20.

Cruz’s unit commander, a 24-year-old lieutenant, deserted rather than comply with the order. Cruz – who asked to be identified by a pseudonym for fear of reprisal – followed suit, and fled to a neighbouring country. Several other members of the unit have disappeared and are feared dead.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/21/berta-caceres-name-honduran-military-hitlist-former-soldier
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Berta Cáceres's name was on Honduran military hitlist, says former soldier (Original Post) Eugene Jun 2016 OP
Question for our presidential candidates: chapdrum Jun 2016 #1
 

chapdrum

(930 posts)
1. Question for our presidential candidates:
Tue Jun 21, 2016, 12:36 PM
Jun 2016

"What is your reaction to this news?"

"...appeared on a hitlist distributed to US-trained special forces units of the Honduran military months before her death, a former soldier has claimed."

(cue crickets)

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