Another Activist Murdered in Honduras

[Judi Lynn]

Another Activist Murdered in Honduras
Published 7 July 2016


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Another Indigenous activist has been murdered in Honduras, with local activists reporting Wednesday night that a woman identified as Yaneth Urquia Urquia was found dead near a garbage dump with severe head trauma.

Urquia was a member of The Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras, or COPINH, the group founded by Berta Caceres, who was assassinated in March. According to La Voz Lenca, the communications arm of COPINH, Urquia was an active member of the activist group and fought against the building of hydroelectric power plants on Indigenous land.

"The comrade was killed with a knife," the group said on its Facebook page, adding that she had been "abducted by unknown persons."

Urquia's body was found Wednesday near the municipal garbage dump in Marcala, in the western department of La Paz, according to Via Campesina Honduras, a local social movement. Her body has been sent to the Forensic Medical unit of the Public Ministry for an autopsy, it said.

More:
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Another-Activist-Has-Been-Murdered-in-Honduras-20160707-0001.html

Good Reads:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141511038

[Judi Lynn]

1. Google translation from local paper: Fémina member of Copinh was killed in Marcala, La Paz

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Fémina member of Copinh was killed in Marcala, La Paz

Reportedly, the woman belonged to Copinh since 2009

Marcala, La Paz

Reportedly, the woman belonged to Copinh since 2009

07/06/2016

La Paz, Honduras

An active member of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (Copinh) was found dead Wednesday afternoon in a place known as "Mata mules" near the municipal dump Marcala, La Paz, northern Honduras. The woman was identified as Lesbia Yaneth Urquia Urquia, who had an open cranial brain trauma, caused by sharp object. The body was sent to the Forensic Medicine Directorate General of Public Prosecutions for autopsy and continue with the relevant investigations.

According to the information gathered by the police version, the woman left home last Tuesday at about 5:00 pm on his bicycle, since apparently had the routine of going through that area to exercise. Time passed and the victim did not return from his routine, so that their relatives began to search until we found lifeless in that sector Marcala.

It was also learned that the victim was a well-known businesswoman in Marcala had a small market for a house hotel and rental apartments. Her husband is a school teacher Marco Aurelio Soto, located in the city center

http://www.elheraldo.hn/pais/977615-466/integrante-del-copinh-era-f%C3%A9mina-asesinada-en-marcala-la-paz

[Judi Lynn]

2. 'Horrific Human Rights Crime': Another Environmental Activist Slain in Honduras

'Horrific Human Rights Crime': Another Environmental Activist Slain in Honduras
Thursday, July 07, 2016
Common Dreams

Lesbia Yaneth Urquía Urquía, a compatriot of two other recently murdered campaigners, was found dead beside a municipal landfill on Wednesday

by Nika Knight, staff writer

Another Indigenous environmental activist has been killed in Honduras, teleSUR reports. The activist, identified as Lesbia Yaneth Urquía Urquía, was abducted and found dead near a municipal dump with severe head trauma on Wednesday.

Urquía was a member of the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), the Indigenous rights group founded by slain activist Berta Cáceres. Urquía "fought against the building of hydroelectric power plants on Indigenous land," according to teleSUR.

"The comrade was killed with a knife," said La Voz Lenca, the communications arm of COPINH, on its Facebook page, according to teleSUR's translation. The group added that Urquía had been "abducted by unknown persons."

In a press release, COPINH wrote that the "death of Lesbia Yaneth is a political feminicide, and an attempt to silence the voice of those brave women who are courageously defending their rights and opposing the patriarchal, racist and capitalist system of of their society."

More:
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/07/07/horrific-human-rights-crime-another-environmental-activist-slain-honduras

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