58 US Congressional members call for Honduran human rights investigation
58 US Congressional members call for Honduran human rights investigation
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
By The Associated Press
Honduran police and military officials should be investigated for alleged human rights abuses, particularly against racial minorities, said 58 members of the U.S. Congress in letters sent to Sen. John Kerry, who is slated to be sworn in as Secretary of State on Friday, and Attorney General Eric Holder.
"We are troubled to hear of the threats and repression targeting Afro-Hondurans who have bravely voiced their alarm over the steady deterioration of democracy in their country," says the letter, originated by democratic congressmen Hank Johnson of Georgia and John Conyers of Michigan.
The U.S. is supporting Honduras in its fight to stop drug traffickers. Last May, DEA agents were present during a raid that left four Honduran villagers, including a 14-year-old boy, dead.
The letter was sent Wednesday.
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