Honduras: State-Sponsored Death Squad Terror

[Judi Lynn]

Honduras: State-Sponsored Death Squad Terror
by Stephen Lendman
Sunday May 5th, 2013 12:02 AM

Adrienne Pine is American University Professor or Anthropology. She's worked in Honduras. She's written about state-sponsored violence. Her book "Working Hard, Drinking Hard: On Violence and Survival in Honduras" discusses structural inequality, horrendous human rights abuses, and state-sponsored murder. She calls it "invisible genocide." Her recent article headlined "Militarization Ramped up in Honduras," saying:

"On February 8, 2013, the Honduran government announced that it would be sending its military to patrol the streets of its two largest cities: San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa, the capital."

Honduras is Latin America's murder capital. Pine calls it "the most violent country on the planet." Its murder rate is 92 per 100,000. According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), it's 91.6. It's multiples higher than America. In 2008, it was 61 per 100,000. After Washington's sponsored June 2009 coup, it noticeably increased. Interim leader Roberto Micheletti replaced democratically elected Manuel Zelaya.

In November, sham elections followed. On January 27, 2010, fascist Porfirio (Pepe) Lobo Sosa became president. He's Obama's man in Honduras. Death squad terror is policy. Tegucigalpa dailies publish "gruesome photos of corpses riddled with bullet holes are blown up and pasted on the walls around town providing a disturbing display of the brutal violence," said Pine.

Honduras is in crisis. It's "on the brink of bankruptcy." Teachers and soldiers haven't been paid in months. Other major problems persist. In November 2011, legislation changed constitutional law. Doing so lets soldiers perform police functions. America trained Special Forces responsible for murder.

More:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/05/05/18736383.php

[ocpagu]

1. It's interesting...

... how mainstream media is simply ignoring and downplaying what's going on in Honduras, the most violent place on Earth since the US-backed coup deposed Zelaya. As usual, under the mindset of the Department of State and the Pentagon, a government murdering their own citizens by the hundreds is pretty much ok, as long as corporate interests are well served.