1.- La acción se llevó a cabo a eso de las 11:00 de la mañana, cuando unos 300 policías y militares miembros de la Operación Xaltruch III, penetraron violentamente a la Finca, lanzando gases lacrimógenos y disparando bala viva indiscriminadamente a las personas que se encontraban dentro del lugar, donde se encontraban niños, niñas y personas adultas mayores.
2.- Como producto de esta operación, resultaron gravemente heridos por arma de fuego los campesinos José Sánchez Méndez y David Ponce, quienes fueron trasladados al Hospital de Tocoa, donde están recibiendo atención médica; asimismo resultaron heridos con arma contusa Mariano Baquedano y Roger Rodríguez, que también fueron trasladados a ese centro asistencial para recibir atención médica.
3.- Además, en el desalojo fueron detenidas siete personas, entre los que se incluyen un menor de edad, una mujer, una persona de la tercera edad y un miembro del Observatorio permanente de Derechos Humanos del Bajo Aguán (OPDHA). No obstante que fueron detenidos a las 11:00 de la mañana, los elementos del ejército los entregaron en las instalaciones policiales hasta las 4:00 de la tarde, cuando ya había vencido el término que otorga la ley para presentar el informe ante el Fiscal.
4.- Los detenidos son: Jorge Meléndez (46); Moisés Meléndez (56); Gloria Enamorado; Jeremías Cruz; José Chávez (60); Hernán Omar Ocampos y Ricardo Rodas (16). Según información, estás personas serán judicializadas, acusadas por el delito de Usurpación.
ANTECEDENTES:
La Finca Panamá fue ocupada por el grupo de campesinos “Gregorio Chávez”, desde el 4 de julio del año 2012, después de que guardias de Seguridad Privada, de la Corporación DINANT, desaparecieran al campesino independiente Gregorio Chávez Aranda, encontrado posteriormente sepultado en las fincas del Agro industrial Miguel Facussé Barjum.
Los campesinos fueron desalojados en mayo de 2013, posterior a la exhumación realizada por antropólogos forenses, del cuerpo del también campesino independiente José Antonio López Lara, el 25 de abril de 2013.
Desde esa fecha en repetidas ocasiones las familias de la aldea Panamá han sido desalojadas. En una ocasión cuatro militares y 20 guardias de seguridad penetraron ilegalmente a la parcela del señor José Chávez Aranda, Hermano de Gregorio Chávez, y robaron gran parte de los cultivos que él tenía en su parcela, José Chávez es uno de los siete detenidos este día.
También se ha tenido conocimiento que el Subcomisionado Santos Núñez, miembro de la Fuerza de Tarea Xatruch III, ha intimidado a la Coordinadora del Observatorio Permanente de Derechos Humanos del Aguán (OPDHA), Martha Arnold, al decirle que quiénes son ellos para andar documentando hechos, y que aunque estén respaldados por organismos de derechos humanos, nacionales e internacionales, ”eso no les sirve de nada”, exigiéndoles además que presenten su personería jurídica; no tomando en cuenta los Convenios y Tratados Internacionales sobre la Defensa y Protección de los Derechos Humanos.
Así mismo, las intimidaciones de parte de elementos de la Fuerza de Tarea Conjunta Xatruch III, que comanda Jovel Martínez, llegan a los líderes y lideresas campesinas en el departamento de Colón, en alguno casos como el del Coordinador de la Plataforma Agraria en el Bajo Aguán, Jaime Cárcamo, quien asegura que los uniformados lo tienen plenamente identificado y en varias ocasiones lo han señalado como “invasor de tierras”.
PETICION:
Solicitamos a la comunidad nacional e internacional, dirigirse al Estado de Honduras y solicitarle tome las medidas necesarias para garantizar y proteger la vida y la integridad de los campesinos del Bajo Aguán que activan en la defensa de la lucha por la tierra; que instruya las diligencias investigativas, deduciendo las responsabilidades a quienes resulten responsables de los hechos arriba descritos.
Hacer llamamientos a las siguientes autoridades.
Abogado
OSCAR FERNANDO CHINCHILLA
Fiscal General de la República.
Fax (504) 2221-5667
Tel (504) 2221-5670 2221-3099
Señor
ARTURO CORRALES ALVAREZ
Secretario de Estado en los Despachos de Seguridad
Teléfono: (504) 2229-0003
E-mail: medidgeovanny@yahoo.com
Abogada
KARLA EUGENIA CUEVA
SUB-SECRETARIA JUSTICIA Y DERECHOS HUMANOS
Tel: (504) 2231-1542; 2232-0231
Fax: (504) 2232-0226
E-mail: karlacueva144@gmail.com
Señor
ROBERTO HERRERA CACERES
COMISIONADO NACIONAL DE DERECHOS HUMANOS
Tel: (504) 2220-7648; 2232-0433
Fax:
E-mail:
Señor
JOSE ANTONIO MARADIAGA
COORDINADOR MINISTERIO PUBLICO
SECCION TRUJILLO, COLON
Fax: (504) 2434-4061
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COFADEH: Aguan Accion Urgente - Urgent Action Aguán
Posted: 06 Jul 2014 07:35 PM PDT
En Español Aquí
July 3rd violent eviction of campesinos in the Aguan.
URGENT ACTION
The Committee of the Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras
(COFADEH) expresses its total repudiation of and concern for the violent eviction that was carried out on Thursday July 3, 2014 by members of the Joint Task Force Xatruch III of approximately 350 families of the "Gregorio Chavez" Movement from the Paso Aguán farm, located on the left bank of the Aguán River in the municipality of Trujillo, Colón, according to the following facts:
1. The action took place at about 11:00 A.M., when approximately 300 police and military members of JTF Xaltruch III violently invaded the farm, and indiscriminately fired tear gas and live bullets at those present, including children and elderly people.
2. As a result of this operation, campesinos José Sánchez Méndez and David Ponce were seriously wounded and transferred to the hospital in Tocoa, where they are receiving medical care. Mariano Baquedano and Roger Rodríguez were also injured with a blunt weapon. They were also transferred to this hospital to receive medical attention.
3. Moreover, seven people were arrested during the eviction, including among them a minor, a woman, an elderly person, and a member of the Permanent Observatory of Human Rights in the Bajo Aguán. Although they were arrested at 11:00 A.M. the army did not turn them over to police custody until 4 P.M. exceeding the time allowed by law for a report to be issued to the Fiscal.
4. Those detained are: Jorge Meléndez (46); Moisés Meléndez (56); Gloria Enamorado; Jeremías Cruz; José Chavez (60); Hernán Ricardo Omar Ocampos and Ricardo Rodas (16). According to available information, these people will be prosecuted and charged with the crime of usurpation.
BACKGROUND:
The Panamá Finca had been occupied by the "Gregorio Chavez" campesino group since July 4, 2012, after DINANT Corporation private security guards disappeared the independent campesino Gregorio Chávez Aranda, who was later found buried on the farm of industrtial farm magnate Miguel Facussé Barjum. The campesinos were evicted in May 2013, after an exhumation was conducted by forensic anthropologists on April 25, 2013, during which the body of independent campesino José Antonio López Lara was also found.
Since then the families of the town of Panamá have been repeatedly evicted. On one such occasion four soldiers and twenty security guards illegally entered the parcel of José Chávez Aranda’s , brother of Gregorio Chávez, and stole a large part of the crops he had on his land. José Chávez is one of the seven arrested on July 3.
It is also known that Deputy Comissioner Santos Núñez, member of the JTF Xatruch III, has previously intimidated the Coordinator of the Permanent Observatory of Human Rights in the Bajo Aguán, (OPDHA), Martha Arnold, asking her who they thought they were to document facts, and that although they are supported by international and national human rights organizations, “that doesn’t mean anything.” He also required them to submit documents related to their legal status, not taking into account the International Conventions and Treaties for the Defense and Protection of Human Rights. Similarly, intimidation from members of the JTF Xatruch III, headed by Jovel Martínez, is directed at campesino leaders in the department of Colón, like the case of Agrarian Platform in the Bajo Aguán coordinator Jaime Cárcamo, who stated that soldiers have singled him out and on some occasions have pointed him out as a “land invader.”
PETITION:
We ask the national and international community to request that the State of Honduras take the necessary steps to ensure and protect the integrity and life of the campesinos in the Bajo Aguán, who are active in the defense of the struggle for land. We ask that they perform proper investigations, identifying those responsible for the events described above.
Please direct calls, emails and/or faxes to the following authorities.
OSCAR FERNANDO CHINCHILLA
Attorney General’s Office.
Fax (504) 2221-5667
Tel (504) 2221-5670 2221-3099
ARTURO CORRALES ALVAREZ
Secretary of State in the Ministry of Security
Tel: (504) 2229-0003
E-mail: medidgeovanny@yahoo.com
KARLA EUGENIA CUEVA
Sub-Secretary Justice and Human Rights
Tel: (504) 2231-1542; 2232-0231
Fax: (504) 2232-0226
E-mail: karlacueva144@gmail.com
ROBERTO HERRERA CACERES
National Commissioner for Human Rights
Tel: (504) 2220-7648; 2232-0433
JOSE ANTONIO MARADIAGA
Public Ministry Coordinator
Trujillo, Colon
Fax: (504) 2434-4061
July 3rd violent eviction of campesinos in the Aguan.
URGENT ACTION
The Committee of the Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras
(COFADEH) expresses its total repudiation of and concern for the violent eviction that was carried out on Thursday July 3, 2014 by members of the Joint Task Force Xatruch III of approximately 350 families of the "Gregorio Chavez" Movement from the Paso Aguán farm, located on the left bank of the Aguán River in the municipality of Trujillo, Colón, according to the following facts:
1. The action took place at about 11:00 A.M., when approximately 300 police and military members of JTF Xaltruch III violently invaded the farm, and indiscriminately fired tear gas and live bullets at those present, including children and elderly people.
2. As a result of this operation, campesinos José Sánchez Méndez and David Ponce were seriously wounded and transferred to the hospital in Tocoa, where they are receiving medical care. Mariano Baquedano and Roger Rodríguez were also injured with a blunt weapon. They were also transferred to this hospital to receive medical attention.
3. Moreover, seven people were arrested during the eviction, including among them a minor, a woman, an elderly person, and a member of the Permanent Observatory of Human Rights in the Bajo Aguán. Although they were arrested at 11:00 A.M. the army did not turn them over to police custody until 4 P.M. exceeding the time allowed by law for a report to be issued to the Fiscal.
4. Those detained are: Jorge Meléndez (46); Moisés Meléndez (56); Gloria Enamorado; Jeremías Cruz; José Chavez (60); Hernán Ricardo Omar Ocampos and Ricardo Rodas (16). According to available information, these people will be prosecuted and charged with the crime of usurpation.
BACKGROUND:
The Panamá Finca had been occupied by the "Gregorio Chavez" campesino group since July 4, 2012, after DINANT Corporation private security guards disappeared the independent campesino Gregorio Chávez Aranda, who was later found buried on the farm of industrtial farm magnate Miguel Facussé Barjum. The campesinos were evicted in May 2013, after an exhumation was conducted by forensic anthropologists on April 25, 2013, during which the body of independent campesino José Antonio López Lara was also found.
Since then the families of the town of Panamá have been repeatedly evicted. On one such occasion four soldiers and twenty security guards illegally entered the parcel of José Chávez Aranda’s , brother of Gregorio Chávez, and stole a large part of the crops he had on his land. José Chávez is one of the seven arrested on July 3.
It is also known that Deputy Comissioner Santos Núñez, member of the JTF Xatruch III, has previously intimidated the Coordinator of the Permanent Observatory of Human Rights in the Bajo Aguán, (OPDHA), Martha Arnold, asking her who they thought they were to document facts, and that although they are supported by international and national human rights organizations, “that doesn’t mean anything.” He also required them to submit documents related to their legal status, not taking into account the International Conventions and Treaties for the Defense and Protection of Human Rights. Similarly, intimidation from members of the JTF Xatruch III, headed by Jovel Martínez, is directed at campesino leaders in the department of Colón, like the case of Agrarian Platform in the Bajo Aguán coordinator Jaime Cárcamo, who stated that soldiers have singled him out and on some occasions have pointed him out as a “land invader.”
PETITION:
We ask the national and international community to request that the State of Honduras take the necessary steps to ensure and protect the integrity and life of the campesinos in the Bajo Aguán, who are active in the defense of the struggle for land. We ask that they perform proper investigations, identifying those responsible for the events described above.
Please direct calls, emails and/or faxes to the following authorities.
OSCAR FERNANDO CHINCHILLA
Attorney General’s Office.
Fax (504) 2221-5667
Tel (504) 2221-5670 2221-3099
ARTURO CORRALES ALVAREZ
Secretary of State in the Ministry of Security
Tel: (504) 2229-0003
E-mail: medidgeovanny@yahoo.com
KARLA EUGENIA CUEVA
Sub-Secretary Justice and Human Rights
Tel: (504) 2231-1542; 2232-0231
Fax: (504) 2232-0226
E-mail: karlacueva144@gmail.com
ROBERTO HERRERA CACERES
National Commissioner for Human Rights
Tel: (504) 2220-7648; 2232-0433
JOSE ANTONIO MARADIAGA
Public Ministry Coordinator
Trujillo, Colon
Fax: (504) 2434-4061
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