Honduran militarization breaks peace agreements
Honduran militarization breaks peace agreements
By Staff Writers, teleSUR
Friday, Dec 26, 2014
From January 2015, Honduras will have an active military general as security minister, breaking the historical regional peace agreement that security and intelligence would always be carried out by civil authorities in order to avoid the abuses of the military dictatorships of the past.
In August 1897, Central American countries signed an agreement called Esquipulas 2. It was the beginning of the peaceful resolution of several armed conflicts in the region. One of the main aims was to prevent the return of military dictatorships, by separating defense and security responsibilities and powers.
The announcement that general Julian Pacheco will be the Honduran security minister will put an end to more than twenty years of civilian security control.
In 2012, Honduras begun a process that gave the armed forces police duties. Several police officers had been accused of corruption, while crime has seen Honduras become one of the world´s most dangerous countries. Violence was a direct consequence of impunity, and less than 5 percent of crime is investigated due to a precarious justice system.
On June 28, 2009, the military took President Manuel Zelaya forcibly out of power and sent him out of the country. Then the armed forces gave control to the National Congress in order to avoid been categorized as a military coup. Two years later, the Truth Commission created to reveal the details of the coup affirmed that it was indeed a coup and the military were directly responsible.
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