Carlos Roberto Turcios.- Después de más de seis meses de permanecer su cuerpo en la morgue sampedrana, familiares del miembro del PSM de la colonia “López Arellano” de Choloma, Cortés, Carlos Roberto Turcios, verificaron que sí se trataba de él, cuando hoy les entregaron las pruebas de ADN. 24 Agosto, 2010 07/05/2009 ISIS OBED MURILLO MENCIAS 19 Toncontín Airport, Comayagüela, Francisco Morazán A young man from Santa Crúz de Guayape, Olancho, was murdered on Sunday, June 5th at a protest against the coup d’état at the Toncontín airport which he attended with his family. Army officers opened machine gun fire against thousands of people who were concentrated on the tarmac. Isis Obed was shot in the head and died immediately. 07/03/2009 GABRIEL FINO NORIEGA 51 San Juan Pueblo, Tela, Atlántida Journalist Gabriel Fino Noriega was murdered by men in a black vehicle who fired seven shots at him on the afternoon of July 3rd as he left a news program at Radio Estelar in San Juan Pueblo. At the time, he was reporting on the popular referendum promoted by the Office of the President, protests against the coup d’état and denunciations of those supporting the coup. 07/05/2009 ANASTASIO BARRERA 55 Jardín Clonal of San Juan Pueblo, Tela, Atlántida Peasant member of the Good Samaritan Cooperatives of Jardín Clonal of San Juan Pueblo was kidnapped on July 5th by hooded men who broke into his home at 9 pm. Six days later his decomposed body was found in a place called the Molera in the municipality of Tela. Anastasio had participated in protests against the coup in San Juan Pueblo. 7/11/2009 ROGER BADOS Colonia 6 de mayo, Rivera Hernández sector, San Pedro Sula, Cortés Member of the Bloque Popular, collaborator with the School for Methodology of the National Resistance Front, and former SITRATEXHONSA union leader, was assassinated on July 11 by an unknown person riding a bicycle who came to his house in the May 6 neighborhood, Rivera Hernández sector in San Pedro Sula, claiming to be looking for one of his nephews. When Roger turned to enter his home, the unknown person shot him three times in the back and side. His sister and the wife of the nephew were also injured in the incident. 5 7/25/2009 PEDRO MAGDIEL SALVADOR MUÑOZ 24 Alauca, El Paraíso Member of the resistance movement against the coup was found dead at 6:30 am near the Beneficio Agrícola at the turn-off from Paraíso to Alauca. Forensics said that his body showed signs of torture and had 42 bullet wounds. 6 7/12/2009 MOISES GARCÍA GÓMEZ 40 Callejones, Santa Bárbara Was forced to get out of the collective transport vehicle in which he was traveling in the Callejones sector of the western department of Santa Bárbara. The information was confirmed by UD leader, Renán Valdés, who says that "he was forced off of the bus by unknown individuals". 7 7/30/2009 ROGER ABRAHAM VALLEJO SORIANO 38 Zona Belén, Comayagüela, Francisco Morazán Secondary school teacher, member of Copemh, was shot in the face when he attempted to escape brutal repression that occurred in Durazno. He was transferred to the Hospital Escuela, and died on August 1st from the injury. Professor Vallejo worked at the San Martín Institute in Tegucigalpa. An eyewitness observed that an agent in the back of a preventative police, pick-up patrol truck fired in the direction of protestors as the driver made a u-turn at high velocity in front of the Belén market. At this very moment, Vallejo was mortally wounded. 8 08/02/2009 PEDRO PABLO HERNANDEZ 54 Jutiapa, Jamastrán, El Paraiso A worker died at 5:30 p.m. in the bypass to Jutiapa in the Jamastran valley, when an Army officer known as First Sergeant Fredy Flores, assigned to the Ninth Infantry Battalion, fired on the vehicle in which he was traveling as it crossed a military checkpoint. 9 08/09/2009 JUAN GABRIEL FIGUEROA TOME 30 La Platanera, Choloma, Cortés Member of the resistance from the López Arellano neighborhood of Choloma Cortes, was found dead in the sector known as La Platanera, with typical signs of summary execution on August 9, 2009. He had been shot in the neck and thorax. Resumen Ejecutivo 10 O8/22/2009 JONATAN OSORIO 16 Colonia Oscar A. Flores, Comayagüela, Francisco Morazán Member of the Democratic Unification Party youth organization, secondary school student and member of the resistance against the coup, was killed on the evening of August 22, 2009, when two subjects approached him in front of his home in the Oscar A. Flores neighborhood, fired shots into his head and fled into the darkness of night. 11 09/17/2009 FELIX ORLANDO MURILLO LOPEZ 37 Boulevard frente a Colonia San Ángel, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán Profesor de Educación Media, murió la noche del 17 de septiembre de 2009, cuando regresaba a su residencia, en la Colonia Guaymuras. Fue embestido por una camioneta no identificada. Su cuerpo aun con vida fue trasladado al Hospital Escuela en donde falleció a las 3:00 a.m. del 18 de septiembre, su esposa y hermanos encontraron su cuerpo en la Morgue de Medicina Forense del Ministerio Publico, el día 19. 12 09/18/2009 Rubén Estrada Comayagüela, Francisco Morazán Secondary school teacher at the Saúl Jiménez and San Martín Institute was killled in a bar in Comayagüela. He lived in the La Cañada neighborhood. 13 09/22/2009 ELVIS JACOBO PERDOMO EUCEDA 18 Las Colinas, aldea El Carmen, San Pedro Sula, Cortés Worked selling firewood in his community. On the afternoon of Sept. 22, he was riding his bicycle on his way to play soccer when according to eyewitnesses; he passed the parked police patrol M110- 6. As he passed the vehicle, the boy yelled “Golpista” at them. In response, a police officer got out of the patrol car with his official firearm, and fired two shots into the boy’s back and head. The youth was 70 meters from the patrol car and died immediately. 14 09/22/2009 FRANCISCO ALVARADO 65 Colonia Flor del Campo, Comayagüela, Francisco Morazán Died from a bullet wound inflicted by police agents. At 7 p.m. he was on his way to a nearby store. Police and military were controlling the neighborhood after residents had protested, repressing people who were still in the streets. Police shot at him without warning. Police tried to impede his wake on September 23, at the Capilla Ardiente, arguing that there was a state of siege and threatening one of his brothers. 15 09/22/2009 WENDY ELIZABETH AVILA 24 In front of the Embassy of Brasil, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán Died as a result of bronchial spasms in the Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa, on Sept. 26th after inhaling chemicals from tear gas bombs that were thrown in front of the Embassy of Brazil to disperse the crowd that had come to support the return of President Zelaya. Wendy was a member of the resistance – as is her husband. 16 09/23/2009 JAIRO SANCHEZ Colonia Vista Hermosa, Comayagüela, Francisco Morazán Presidente of SITRAINFOP, coordinator of the Resistencia in the San Francisco neighborhood. At approximately 11.30 a.m. two police officers on motorcycle patrol opened fire without any reason on a group of protestors who had taken the main street connecting several neighborhoods in the north of Comayagüela at the intersection of the Vista Hermosa Centro neighborhood. He was shot in the face. 17 September Hombre Silin, Colón 18 30/09/2009 OLGA OSIRIS UCLES 35 Boulevard Morazán, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán Member of the Resistance against the coup died three days after inhaling tear gas during the police and military repression in front of Radio Globo. She died at 6:15 pm on October 3rd from pulmonary congestion. She had been in respiratory crisis since Sept. 30. 19 10/02/2009 MARIO FIDEL CONTRERAS MONCADA 50 Colonia San Ángel, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán Professor Contreras was an active member of the Honduran College of Secondary School Teachers and energetic member of the Resistance Front against the coup. He participated in protests organized by FOMH. On October 2, he was the victim of an attempt on his life and did not survive. At 8:30 a.m. a young, thin subject followed him for several meters and then fired on him. The assailant then ran towards the Boulevard of the Armed Forces where he was picked up by a second subject on a motorcycle 20 10/02/2009 MATEO ANTONIO LEIVA 50 Aldea Los Conculuncos, Zacapa, Santa Bárbara Member of the Resistance against the coup in the western part of the country. He was murdered on October 2, by three masked men, dressed in black who fired on him 16 times. He was with his wife, Basilia Álvarez, in the villaje of Conculuncos, municipality of de Zacapa, Santa Bárbara at the time of the killing. 21 10/19/2009 Marco Antonio Martínez Lezama 47 La Libertad Park, Comayagüela, Francisco Morazán Coordinator for the Resistencia in the Divanna neighborhood of Comayagüela, was found dead on a bench in the La Libertad Park. Tercer Informe Situación de Derechos Humanos en Honduras en el Marco del Golpe de Estado Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras COFADEH Octubre 2009 - Enero 2010 Resumen Ejecutivo 22 10/19/2009 SERGIO ELISEO JUAREZ HERNANDEZ 44 Between Sabanetas and Macuelizo, Santa Bárbara Elementary School teacher and environmental advocate in the western part of the country was assassinated on Monday, October 19th at 7 a.m. when he was driving between Sabanetas and Macuelizo, Santa Bárbara. Unknown subject fired seven shots into his face and skull. Shells from 40mm and 9mm weapons were found at the murder site. 23 11/18/2009 Félix Noel Hernández 30 Juticalpa, Olancho Was killed in an attempt on the life of the coordinator of the Resistance movement, Ulises Sarmiento Galindo, in Juticalpa, Olancho 24 11/18/2009 José Blas Romero Caballero 25 Juticalpa, Olancho Was killed in an attempt on the life of the coordinator de la Resistance movement, Ulises Sarmiento Galindo, in Juticalpa, Olancho 25 11/23/2009 Aldea La Felicidad, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán Was kidnapped from the beltway and murdered, execution style, the same day in the village La Felicidad, inTegucigalpa. 26 11/28/2009 El Obelisco Park, Comayagüela, Francisco Morazán Killed by soldiers assigned to the Joint High Command in the Obelisco Park of Comayagüela. 27 12/06/2009 Isaac Coello (24), Roger Reyes (22), Kenneth Rosa (23), Gabriel Parrales y Marcos Vinicio Matute (39) Colonia Villanueva, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán Member of the Resistance was assassinated in Colonia Villanueva from a vehicle, as he gathered with other young people in front of a local food stand. 28 12/06/2009 Isaac Coello (24), Roger Reyes (22), Kenneth Rosa (23), Gabriel Parrales y Marcos Vinicio Matute (39) Colonia Villanueva, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán Member of the Resistance was assassinated in Colonia Villanueva from a vehicle, as he gathered with other young people in front of a local food stand. 29 12/11/2009 Santos Corrales García Lepaterique, Francisco Morazán Active member of the Resistance against the coup who coordinated the food storage warehouse was kidnapped on Dec. 5, 2009 from his home by five armed men in National Criminal Investigation Unit uniforms. The subjects were driving a blue Tacoma vehicle. Six days later his decapitated body appeared 50 kilometers outside of Tegucigalpa 30 12/13/2009 Walter Orlando Tróchez 27 Center of Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán Was killed in the center of Tegucigalpa near the Larach and Cía from a bullet wound to the thorax fired by unidentified individuals from a vehicle. 31 12/14/2009 Carlos Alberto Valenzuela Comayagua, Comayagua Was found hung and strangled in his home in Comayagua 32 12/15/2009 Carlos Roberto Turcios Maldonado. Dissappeared 26 Colonia López Arellano, Choloma, Cortés Was kidnapped from López Orellana neighborhood at 2:20 p.m. by hooded men in a vehicle who took him in an unknown direction. On Dec. 18th a body was found without head or hands, which is presumed to be Carlos. DNA testing is being done to confirm his identify. 33 12/17/2009 Karen Yessenia Hernández Mondragón 29 Colonia Arturo Quezada, Comayagüela, Francisco Morazán Was wounded by a firearm as she was taking her children to school in the Colonia San Francisco. She died on Dec. 18, 2009 in the Hospital Escuela of Tegucigalpa. 34 12/22/2009 Edwin Renán Fajardo Argueta 22 Barrio San Rafael, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán Active member of the Artists in Resistance to the coup was found strangled in the closet of the apartment where he lived in the San Rafael neighborhood of Tegucigalpa 35 01/10/2009 JANETH LOURDES MARROQUÍN Comayagua, Comayagua Medical Doctor and active member of the Resistance, and her husband were assassinated in their home by hooded men who entered by force. Tercer Informe Situación de Derechos Humanos en Honduras en el Marco del Golpe de Estado Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras COFADEH Octubre 2009 - Enero 2010 Resumen Ejecutivo 36 01/10/2009 HUGO NOÉ CONTRERAS Comayagua, Comayagua Pharmacy owner and active member of the Resistance was assassinated with his wife by hooded men who forced entry into their home. 37 01/30/2009 Blas López Aldea El Carbonal, Olancho Secondary School Teacher, leader of the Pech ethnic group and active member of the Resistance was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds. 38 02/02/2010 Vanessa Zepeda 29 Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán Active member of the Resistance against the coup, unión leader in the Social Security Workers Union. Her body was thrown out of a moving vehicle in the Loarque neighborhood in the south of Tegucigalpa. 39 02/15/2010 Julio Fúnez Benítez Colonia Brisas de Olancho, Comayagüela Leader in the SANAA Union and member of the Resistance movement was gunned down by men wearing caps on a motorcycle at 6 p.m. He was shot three times. Previously he had recevied death threats. 40 02/24/2010 Claudia Larisa Brizuela Rodriguez 36 Colonia Céleo González, San Pedro Sula Daughter of a prominent Radio journalist and outspoken member of the Resistance was shot in the face and killed when she opened the door to her home. Her two young children witnessed their mothers murder. |