Officer surrenders in murder case involving son of Honduras school chief that set off protests
Officer surrenders in murder case involving son of Honduras school chief that set off protests
By Alberto Arce, The Associated Press October 26, 2012
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - A police officer turned himself in Friday to face charges that he killed the son of the head of Honduras National Autonomous University, a case that set off a campaign to clean up the Central American nation's corruption-plagued national force.
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University president Julieta Castellanos told The Associated Press that she hired a private investigator to find the suspect, Santos Padilla. She said she gave the information to authorities, and the officer surrendered to Honduras' human rights commission after police started looking for him.
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The motive in the crime remains a mystery, but prosecutors say four police officers kidnapped and killed the two young men. Another officer already is in custody, and two remain at large.
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Those angered at the chief say he is really just removing personal rivals. Chief Juan Carlos Bonilla himself was acquitted in 2004 on a murder charge after he was accused of running a death squad when he was a regional police head.
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