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Honduran Eco-Activist Juan López Murdered in Shocking Attack
The Tico Times ^ | September 15, 2024

Posted on 09/16/2024 4:44:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Environmentalist Juan López, who fought against open-pit mining in Honduras, was shot dead on Saturday night in the northeast of the country, a crime that is being investigated by the police and has been condemned by the authorities.

According to local press reports, López, 46, was killed by individuals when he was inside his vehicle after leaving a church in the municipality of Tocoa (in the Department of Colón), where he lived and worked as a city council member. “We condemn the vile murder of our comrade and environmental leader Juan López in Tocoa, Colón. I have ordered that all the capacity of law enforcement be used to clarify this tragedy and identify those responsible,” Honduran President Xiomara Castro said on the social network X after the crime.

“Justice for Juan López,” added the leftist leader, expressing her solidarity with the family and friends of the environmentalist, who was a member of the ruling Libertad y Refundación (Libre) party. Thelma Peña, López’s wife, said in a brief phone call that the activist was “shot” moments after leaving the church, where she was not present.

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1 posted on 09/16/2024 4:44:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

If PDJT was anything like an actual Nazi, things like this would have happened almost every day while he was President.

The people who make that ridiculous accusation against him are utterly ignorant of the history of the Nazi rise to power in Germany, and what happened as they got more and more power.


2 posted on 09/16/2024 4:54:59 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: nickcarraway

Who killed him? Big oil? Big pharma? Big coal? Big EV? Big food?


3 posted on 09/16/2024 5:04:13 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: monkeyshine

drug dealer?


4 posted on 09/16/2024 5:07:26 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist! )
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To: monkeyshine

Big something.

First ones I’d look at would be the mining companies who are doing the open pit mining.


5 posted on 09/16/2024 5:20:45 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus”)
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To: nickcarraway
I heard he was falling behind on collections for The Party.

They'll probably get more contributions now, in his "Memory".

6 posted on 09/16/2024 5:23:24 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: nickcarraway

If Russia is a gas station masquerading as a nation, Honduras is a drug dealer masquerading as a nation.

The current president is a Maduro supporter. Her husband is of the Zelaya clan, the brother of Manuel Zelaya. Yeah, that Zelaya.

It only took one president to send Honduras into the abyss, like Chavez in Venezuela: and it was the stupid citizenry that did it.


7 posted on 09/16/2024 5:24:47 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: nickcarraway

Thought it said “stocking attack” but I guess I shouldn’t make light of this tragedy. RIP.


8 posted on 09/16/2024 5:35:24 PM PDT by xoxox
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To: metmom

That would seem to be right on, Bongino said a big reason the Hondurans are flocking here is because of that stuff. But hey, it’s happening here too now against our former and soon-to-be president.


9 posted on 09/16/2024 5:36:02 PM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute. )
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To: nickcarraway

It’s Honduras....probably had nothing to do with him being an environmental whatever... Maybe he had the wrong tat, or wearing the wrong color shirt.


10 posted on 09/16/2024 5:46:47 PM PDT by unread (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the REPUBLIC..!)
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Quite a good thing that the murder has been condemned by the authorities..


11 posted on 09/16/2024 6:09:58 PM PDT by A strike ("Rise Peter, kill and eat.")
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, a crime that is being investigated by the police and has been condemned by the authorities.

No sht---Honduras investigates and condemns murders? Well, yay for Honduras.

12 posted on 09/16/2024 6:49:06 PM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: A strike

That ought to be the floor, not the ceiling.


13 posted on 09/16/2024 6:51:45 PM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: unread

...or messed with the wife of a jealous husband...media just love to frame stories based on their ignorance and bias...


14 posted on 09/16/2024 9:27:56 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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