Berta Caceres colleague murdered in Honduras
Berta Caceres colleague murdered in Honduras
The Ecologist
16th March 2016
Less than two weeks after the murder of Honduran eco defender Berta Caceres, another indigenous leader has been shot dead during the violent police and military eviction of 150 families from the settled community of Rio Chiquito. International funders of the controversial Agua Zarca hydro project are now backing out..
Nelson Garcia, a leading member of COPINH, the same indigenous rights group as murdered activist Berta Caceres, was assassinated in Honduras yesterday.
The murder took place during a violent eviction of 150 families from community-occupied land at Rio Chiquito in the town of Rio Lindo, Cortés Department, attended by 100 policemen, 20 military police, 10 soldiers and and several DGIC (Direccion General de Investigactiones Criminales) officers.
"We regret to inform that Comrade Nelson Garcia was killed when he arrived at his mother's house for lunch, after having spent the morning helping to move the belongings of families evicted from the community of Rio Chiquito", reports COPINH, the Council of Indigenous Peoples of Honduras.
Garcia was shot four times in the head by unknown gunmen. But given the close proximity of so many security forces it is hard to see how the murder could have been committed other than with official support, complicity, collusion or participation.
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