The new Honduran government brought fresh corruption charges against the exiled Manuel Zelaya, but also removed the military chief who ousted him in last year’s coup d’etat.
Days after the Catholic Church declared El Salvador's martyred Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero a saint, a judge in the Central American country issued an arrest order for a former military captain long suspected of ordering the killing of the religious leader. Judge Rigoberto Chicas issued the order for national and international authorities to apprehend Alvaro Rafael Saravia, 78. He remains at large and is believed to be in hiding. Saravia had been arrested for the crime in 1987, but the case against him was dropped when El Salvador passed its amnesty law in 1993. The case was re-opened after El Salvador's Supreme Court struck down the amnesty law in 2016. (Photo via Catholic News Agency)
Thousands of adherents of the National Popular Resistance Front marched in the Honduran capital to protest the slaying of civil resistance leaders under the new government.
Honduran President Porfirio Lobo is not invited to the second Summit of Latin America and the Caribbean, with organizers saying his government should first be recognized by the OAS.
The National Resistance Front in Honduras issued a communiqué charging that President “Pepe” Lobo is planning to lay off a large number of public employees and purge union leaders.
Four campesinos were wounded when security forces attacked members of the Unified Campesino Movement of the Aguán (MUCA) at a land occupation near La Ceiba, Honduras.
Despite the transfer of power to President Porfirio Lobo last month, grave human rights abuses targeting opponents of last year’s coup d’etat in Honduras continue unabated.
New Honduran President Porfirio Lobo named a “Truth Commission” to examine the June 2009 coup d’etat—as more murders and abductions were reported against coup opponents.
Gregoria Crisanta, an opponent of the local Marlin gold mine, was was freed by a campesino roadblock after being detained by police in San Miguel Ixtahuacán, Guatemala.
The International Trade Union Confederation strongly condemned the murder of Pedro Antonio García, a member of the Malacatán Municipal Workers Union in San Marcos, Guatemala.
As Porfirio Lobo began his term with police raids across Tegucigalpa, the resistance movement pledged to carry on the struggle to “refound” the country with a new constitution.
Guatemalan authorities issued an arrest warrant for former president Alfonso Portillo, after the US government requested his extradition to face money laundering charges.
