Honduras human rights lawyer who opposed private cities murdered

Source: Associated Press.

Honduras human rights lawyer who opposed private cities murdered
By Associated Press, Updated: Sunday, September 23, 12:35 PM

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A land rights group says famed Honduran human rights lawyer Antonio Trejo Cabrera has been shot to death while attending a wedding.

The Peasants Movement of the valley of Bajo Aguan says in a statement that Trejo was shot five times Sunday.

The lawyer had represented three lands rights groups in disputes between agrarian organizations and landowners. More than 60 people have been killed in such disputes over the past two years. Trejo had also helped prepare motions declaring unconstitutional a proposal to build three privately run cities with their own police, laws and tax systems.

Just hours before his murder, Trejo had participated in a televised debate in which he accused congressional leaders of using the private city projects to raise campaign funds.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/honduras-human-rights-lawyer-who-opposed-private-cities-murdered/2012/09/23/059ff77a-05a5-11e2-9eea-333857f6a7bd_story.html

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Honduras human rights lawyer who opposed private cities murdered (Original post)	Judi Lynn	Sep 2012	OP
So heartbreaking. Corporatist pols here too are pushing private prisons, etc.	SunSeeker	Sep 2012	#1
On the Front page of DU, the title and By line have no break so it reads...	hootinholler	Sep 2012	#2
USA! USA! USA!	harmonicon	Sep 2012	#3

Response to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun Sep 23, 2012, 03:20 PM

SunSeeker (5,034 posts)

1. So heartbreaking. Corporatist pols here too are pushing private prisons, etc.

The bravery of those like Antonio Cabrera is awe inspiring. Here, in the face of corporate corruption of our political system, many of our citizens can't even be bothered to get off the couch to vote, let alone risk their lives to bring justice to their country.

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Sun Sep 23, 2012, 03:49 PM

hootinholler (20,634 posts)

2. On the Front page of DU, the title and By line have no break so it reads...

Honduras human rights lawyer who opposed private cities murdered By Associated Press

Which struck me as odd.

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Sun Sep 23, 2012, 08:50 PM

harmonicon (11,935 posts)

3. USA! USA! USA!

I'm just so glad that our country worked so hard to help make this and so many other murders possible.

Where are the voices who championed the coup? They were all over here not so long ago. Isn't this the government they wanted?

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