March 13, 2021, Movimiento Amplio (https://www.facebook.com/MovAmplioHn/)
Our colleague Héctor Antonio Trigueros, community and environmental defender from Azacualpa (La Unión, Copán), suffered an attack in which his motorcycle was seriously damaged, while he was unharmed. According to Hector, he was at a friend's house and left his motorcycle parked when a vehicle ran over it. "A 2.5 vehicle, with license plate PDP 3572, wiped out my motorcycle I had it parked outside my friend's house, leaving my motorcycle in a bad state".

"Los Cachiros [drug trafficking cartel] bribed President Juan Orlando Hernandez (JOH) with $250,000 in approx. 2012. The money was given to JOH’s sister, Hilda Hernandez. Los Cachiros paid Manuel Zelaya $500,000 asking him to name their cousin as the Minister of Security. Also, Los Cachiros paid $500,000 to current Vice President Ricardo Alvarez, at the time he was campaigning to be President, and also paid $50,000 to Tony Hernandez (JOH’s brother – a convicted drug trafficker, in jail in the US)."

Below: Case before Federal Court of Canada, alleging Canadian government is illegally withholding information about the government’s (possibly illegal) diplomatic interventions on behalf of Goldcorp Inc. in Guatemala.

Carried out by US-backed genocidal military regimes on behalf of the World Bank and IDB’s Chixoy hydro-electric dam project

Is Honduran repression against Garifuna land defenders benefitting tourism companies, like “NJOI Trujillo Beach Residences” of Canada?

“Berta was someone who refused to be silent, who refused to cede or go into exile despite the violence she was up against. She was extremely clear about the causes of the injustices of the world and did not hesitate to name those responsible. Her ability to explain and relate complex global phenomena to everyday realities made her an exceptional leader, and the dignity with which she treated every person she met made her a phenomenal organizer.

Another story of decades of self-serving US, Canadian and “international community” policies and interests in Guatemala.

‘Juan Orlando Hernandez is our narco-trafficking son of a bitch’
In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt is reported to have said that "Somoza may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch", referring to the ruthless military dictator of Nicaragua the US government was propping up.

One can imagine US and Canadian leaders saying: ‘Juan Orlando Hernandez is a narco-trafficking son of a bitch, but he is our narco-trafficking son of a bitch’, referring to the military-backed dictator of Honduras, in power since (pretty much) the 2009 US and Canadian-backed coup.