Juan Guerrero prays over body of assassinated peasant in Honduras
Add to Cart Add to Lightbox DownloadThe Rev. Juan Guerrero (standing, on right), a United Methodist missionary and superintendent of the United Methodist Mission in Honduras, comforts the family of Carlos Martinez, a 23-year old farmworker who was shot to death on October 2, 2011, on the La Lempira Cooperative outside Tocoa, Honduras. Martinez and other members of the cooperative are among thousands of Honduran activists who have seized plantations they claim were stolen from them by wealthy Honduras businessmen. Honduran security forces have militarized the area, and killings of peasant leaders have become common. Many of the cooperatives were started with assistance from Catholic priests and lay pastors in the region. A sister of Martinez claimed he was killed by a security guard from a nearby plantation belonging to Miguel Facusse, the wealthiest of Honduran landowners.
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- Paul Jeffrey
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- Death on a Plantation

