Honduran campesinos under the gun

On April 13th, over 5000 police and military were deployed to the valley of Aguán where over 3,500 families have been occupying reclaimed land that was stolen from them by the wealthy Honduran businessmen Miguel Facusse, René Morales and Reynaldo Canales. Observers feared that the army would massacre the landless families if they did not agree to the government’s proposal that they campesinos by the military, police and paramilitary. Nonetheless, forty of the organized campesinos have criminal charges against them for participating in the land struggle.

The National Front of Popular Resistance organized a march today called the “March of the Sombreros” in solidarity with the campesinos of Aguán. The FNRP called the march to protest the threats against the Unified Peasant Movement of Aguán (MUCA) and the continuing detentions and repression of campesinos and activists. purchase the land. An agreement was reached in Aguán after a week of military occupation of the zone and threats of massive violence against the

Source: http://hondurasresists.blogspot.com/

Click here to see a video by The Real News about the Honduran coup government’s conflict with the campesinos of Bajo Aguán.

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