3 Lawyers Killed in 1 Day as Post-Coup Honduras Crisis Continues
3 Lawyers Killed in 1 Day as Post-Coup Honduras Crisis Continues
Demonstrators carry a sign reading "You can kill us but you cannot silence us," during a march in Tegucigalpa, March 8, 2016.
Published 10 August 2016
Demonstrators carry a sign reading "You can kill us but you cannot silence us," during a
march in Tegucigalpa, March 8, 2016. | Photo: EFE
Published 10 August 2016
According to the Honduran Human Rights Commission, 94 percent of the over 100 deaths of lawyers since 2010 have not been punished.
Three lawyers have been killed in one day in Honduras in the latest spate of fatal violence against political activists, journalists, human rights defenders, and legal representatives that has seen over 100 attorneys slain in the Central American country over the last five years. In three separate incidents, lawyers Kevin Ferrera, Fredy Mendoza, and Carlos Alberto Mejia Lopez were all killed Tuesday.
Ferrera, president of the youth wing of the Liberal Party, was gunned down while driving to his home in the capital city of Tegucigalpa. Mendoza was also assassinated in Tegucigalpa, where his body was found in an abandoned vehicle with gunshots to the head. He was reportedly kidnapped before being shot dead.
Mejia Lopez was found dead in his home in Roatan, in the Bay Islands off the north coast of Honduras. Authorities report that he had already been dead for a few days when he was found due to reports from neighbors about the smell. Major Honduran newspapers reported that the cause of death was unknown, speculating possible suicide, but a local Bay Islands newspaper claimed that photos of the crime scene indicated that Mejia Lopez “attempted to flee” an attacker due to the trail of blood left throughout his apartment.
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