Berta Cáceres's name was on Honduran military hitlist, says former soldier

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Berta Cáceres's name was on Honduran military hitlist, says former soldier

A unit trained by US special forces was ordered to kill the environmental
activist who was slain in March, according to an ex-member who now
fears for his life

Nina Lakhani in Mexico City
Tuesday 21 June 2016 10.00 BST

Berta Cáceres, the murdered environmental campaigner, appeared on a hitlist distributed to US-trained special forces units of the Honduran military months before her death, a former soldier has claimed.

Lists featuring the names and photographs of dozens of social and environmental activists were given to two elite units, with orders to eliminate each target, according to First Sergeant Rodrigo Cruz, 20.

Cruz’s unit commander, a 24-year-old lieutenant, deserted rather than comply with the order. Cruz – who asked to be identified by a pseudonym for fear of reprisal – followed suit, and fled to a neighbouring country. Several other members of the unit have disappeared and are feared dead.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/21/berta-caceres-name-honduran-military-hitlist-former-soldier

[appal_jack]

1. Hillary Clinton needs to change direction with regards to Central America.

Clinton's support for the Honduran coup is inexcusable, and we voters need to help set her straight. Berta Caceres saw it coming:

http://www.democracynow.org/2016/3/11/before_her_assassination_berta_caceres_singled

There is no reason why a Democratic candidate should be supporting violent coups, military juntas, or neoliberal orthodoxy: neither here nor abroad.

k&r,

-app