REPORT LINKS HONDURAN GOVT, INDUSTRY TO ACTIVIST KILLINGS [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

Jan 31, 6:31 PM EST

REPORT LINKS HONDURAN GOVT, INDUSTRY TO ACTIVIST KILLINGS



TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- An international watchdog group released a report Tuesday linking top Honduran politicians and members of the business elite to violence against land activists.

The report from London-based Global Witness, two years in the making, names several dozen Hondurans with ties to the government, military and industry who it says are implicated in attacks on activists and acts of corruption.

"The beneficiaries of corruption are the political and business elite, who use criminal means to take advantage of the country's natural resources and, with the support of state forces, terrorize and kill those who dare to get in the way," said Billy Kyte, a senior campaigner with Global Witness.

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The report calls on the United States to rethink its financial backing for Honduran industry, as well as the police and military, which it says "are heavily implicated in violence against land and environmental activists."


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