Monday, 07 Diciembre 2009 11:25
Note original Official Time [see note]
A program of "high operation" carried out in the first 100 days in office from the Ministry of Security, said yesterday Armando Calidonio, whom President-elect Porfirio "coup" Lobo Sosa nominated as the deputy of ministerial portfolio headed by Oscar Alvarez .Calidonio, who was elected deputy by most of Cortes in the elections last Sunday, said that in addition to the first 100 days an arduous task of prevention was developed , great presence, monitoring and coordination to ensure the safety of the citizenry.
He said that in the first three months of President-elect a great number of police working the streets and in the various sectors to tapercriminal acts will be on the streats (the same style of social cleansing and summary killings of Alvarez's first period in office).
He asserted that they will revive the Interinstitutional Commission on Criminal Justice, which is essential to achieve the results that have been set.
Security Vice Minister nominee said the changes made in various police stations to name each of them people who they believe may be more functional with the plan they propose.
"It's not going to move a person from one place because it is bad or good, plain and simple because we will be looking for specific characteristics according to a plan that is very detail and we have the perfect person to feature in each sector to develop the plan comprehensively, "he said.
He said that to achieve the results of this program need the support of the media, the institutions of government, the trustees and the various unions and labor groups such as hauliers, taxi drivers and everyone in general "because everyone knows how is the stone in his shoe. "
He said that with Oscar Alvarez are working on details of the security plan to refine according to what they know in the transition process.
The security plan which will run from the government is not a police program, but goes beyond the Ministry of Security because it also includes the prosecution, the judiciary and the active incorporation of the Armed Forces.
They are discussing with several institutions to arrive at a criminal policy which is comprehensive and that the elected president Porfirio Lobo Sosa will define the role each will play who in this matter in the course of next week.
Amnesty International reports on Óscar Álvarez's time in office and the extrajudicial executions in 2002:
HONDURAS: ZERO TOLERANCE...FOR IMPUNITY: EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTHS SINCE 1998.
Honduras: Zero tolerance...for impunity: Extrajudicial executions of children and youths since 1998.
Index Number: AMR 37/001/2003Date Published: 25 February 2003
Categories: Americas, Honduras
Over the last five years, there has been an unprecedented increase in the number of murders and extrajudicial executions of children and youths in Honduras. The involvement of members of the security forces and others acting with the implicit consent of the authorities has been reported in an alarming number of cases, whilst some of these crimes have taken place within the context of gang or mara warfare. Amnesty International believes that the authorities must draw up a plan and timetable of action to investigate past cases; and decide on strategies and measures for action in future cases with the aim of bringing these murders and extrajudicial executions to an end and, when they do occur, of having a rapid and effective system for investigating them and bringing those responsible to justice.
Also the United Nations: http://www.extrajudicialexecutions.org/reports/E_CN_4_2003_3_Add_2.pdf
Minister of Security Oscar Alvarez recently stated, "the maras have
ceased to terrorize the people, and the neighborhoods previously closed off to the police
and the Red Cross have been liberated of the plague of the gangs.”
Superficial Results
Alvarez’s claims, however, are both deceptive and misleading, as gang members and
street children continue to be murdered at a horrific rate. According to Casa Alianza, an
NGO dedicated to helping street children in Central America, violence has claimed the
lives of at least 2,200 Hondurans under the age of 23 between January 1998 and February
2004. In July 2004 alone, 36 Honduran youths were murdered. Many of these killings
came at the hands of vigilante authorities. According Casa Alianza’s director Bruce
Harris, “the past seven years have seen an unprecedented increase in the number of
murders and extrajudicial executions of children and youths in Honduras. The
involvement of members of the security forces and other officials acting with the implicit
consent of the authorities is no longer rumor but verifiable fact . . . there is a glaring
discrepancy between the words uttered by the government in public, and its deeds.”
http://www.refugees.org/uploadedFiles/Participate/National_Center/Resource_Library/Art%202%20Honduras%20Response.pdf
Minister of Security Oscar Alvarez recently stated, "the maras have
ceased to terrorize the people, and the neighborhoods previously closed off to the police
and the Red Cross have been liberated of the plague of the gangs.”
Superficial Results
Alvarez’s claims, however, are both deceptive and misleading, as gang members and
street children continue to be murdered at a horrific rate. According to Casa Alianza, an
NGO dedicated to helping street children in Central America, violence has claimed the
lives of at least 2,200 Hondurans under the age of 23 between January 1998 and February
2004. In July 2004 alone, 36 Honduran youths were murdered. Many of these killings
came at the hands of vigilante authorities. According Casa Alianza’s director Bruce
Harris, “the past seven years have seen an unprecedented increase in the number of
murders and extrajudicial executions of children and youths in Honduras. The
involvement of members of the security forces and other officials acting with the implicit
consent of the authorities is no longer rumor but verifiable fact . . . there is a glaring
discrepancy between the words uttered by the government in public, and its deeds.”
http://www.refugees.org/uploadedFiles/Participate/National_Center/Resource_Library/Art%202%20Honduras%20Response.pdf
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