Father of Boy Killed at Airport Accuses Retired Military, Billy Joya

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Father of Honduran Repression Victim Accuses Retired Military of Killing
his Son

HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 7 (acn) Relatives of a 19-year-old youth killed last
Sunday in Honduras while he was waiting for the arrival of the
constitutional president of his country, Manuel Zelaya, accused retired
military and counselor of the de facto regime Billy Joya, who has a long
record of human rights violations, of the crime.
The father of Isis Obed Murillo told Venezolana de Television about
the anguish he lived during the demonstration and his repudiation of the
repression carried out by the army.
“It was all caused by the army. They started to show us tear gas
bombs and shouted that they (the bombs) were to kill us, and that no one
would walk out alive,” said Obed Murillo’s father.
“We started to run and I saw Joya dressed in a green uniform. He was
calling others to surround him with their shields, he ducked, set in the
shooting position, aimed and shot only once,” said Murrillo. He added
that the group of protesters threw themselves to the ground when they
saw the military in the shooting position and it was then that he picked
up a bullet case from the ground without knowing that it was part of the
bullet that had killed his own son.
“There was not a shootout, it was one sniper who shot to kill, because
the bullet hit Obed right in the neck,” explained the father.
Joya used to coordinate and lead tortures and murders in Honduras
during the 1980’s and his repressive behavior was denounced several
times by human rights and popular organizations.
The retired military is still charged with the direct participation in
at least 16 crimes and special operations that left more than ten people
dead or tortured in the Central American country, according to
Venezolana de Televisión.


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