US national Gilbert Reyes is accused of aggravated femicide and murder.
Posted on 03/31/2024 12:46:32 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Honduras, a country grappling with the highest rate of femicide in Latin America and the fifth highest in the world, has been rocked by the news of the arrest of a US Citizen, Gilbert Reyes, in the Dominican Republic. Reyes stands accused of the brutal murder of three young women in Roatán, a popular tourist destination in the Islas de la Bahía department of Honduras.
The shocking crime has once again brought to the forefront the dire situation faced by women in Honduras, where violence against women has reached epidemic proportions. The Public Ministry of Honduras, in a statement, revealed that Reyes had been the subject of an Interpol red alert and was apprehended by Dominican authorities after fleeing Honduras in the wake of the murders.
The victims, identified as María Antonia Cruz, Nikendra McCoy, and Dione Solórzano, who was Reyes’ ex-partner, had reportedly gone out with the American on January 6th. The following day, Reyes fled the country, and the women were reported missing. Tragically, their bullet-ridden bodies were discovered three days later in a vehicle.
Honduran prosecutors and police have gathered substantial evidence from the crime scene and witness testimonies that allegedly incriminate Reyes as the perpetrator of these heinous crimes. The authorities view his flight to the United States and subsequent move to the Dominican Republic as a clear indication of guilt.
The Honduran government is now actively seeking the extradition of Reyes to face justice in Honduras. Attorney General Johel Zelaya took to social media, stating that the process to bring Reyes back to Honduras is underway.
The president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Rebeca Ráquel Obando, has vowed that the judiciary will work tirelessly to ensure that this crime does not go unpunished. Her statement comes as a glimmer of hope in a country where, according to the Observatory of Violence of the National Autonomous University of Honduras, 95% of femicides go unpunished.
The statistics paint a grim picture of the reality faced by women in Honduras. In 2023 alone, the country recorded 380 femicides, a significant increase from the 308 cases reported in 2022. UN Women data ranks Honduras as the country with the fifth highest rate of femicides globally, with 6.47 cases per 100,000 women, making it the most dangerous country in Latin America for women.
As the case against Gilbert Reyes unfolds, the people of Honduras, and indeed all of Latin America, will be watching closely, hoping that justice will be served and that this tragedy will serve as a wake-up call to address the pervasive issue of violence against women in the region.
These days MS-13 can be “citizens”.
Thanks Brandon.
American citizen...right...😝
Not so much.
From http://caymanmarlroad.com/2024/01/09/three-missing-roatan-women-found-dead/ :
“Reyes Bermudez, who was reportedly arrested in 2008 for the murder of a resident of San Francisco, is believed to have left Honduras for California.”
He might be a citizen. We have plenty of homicidal citizens, which is why we don’t need anymore. And neither did Honduras. The last call of one of the women to her mom was to ask for a copy of her ID.
Sounds like a job for Greta Van Susteren.
femicide would be a good name for an all female heavy metal band
Being “American” any more increasingly means nothing, Just 40 years ago most could trace our lineage back at least to the early 1900s. Many the revolutionary war etc
Now???
…could be a dreamer
a schemer
a border crossing drug dealer
US national Gilbert Reyes is accused of aggravated femicide and murder.
I know! Let's save Honduran women by removing their abusers and dropping them in the USA.
It's not fair that the Honduran women are hogging all the gory...</liberal thinking>
Illegal US resident
or
natural Born citizen of the United States??
It says citizen.
True. P
Looks kinda Hispanic.🤨
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