Armed to the teeth and kicking doors, soldiers and police arrived unexpectedly this morning to the community El Despertar, where they entered homes without search nor capture warrants and took out Ulises Laínez and Vicente Padilla, members of the cooperative named after that same community, by pulling their hair, while they slept, relatives of those affected reported, on Tuesday 13 March.
The Cooperative El Despertar, is one of 28 affiliated Unified Peasant Movement of Aguan MUCA, which are being repressed by the regime that has moved a military-police force of enormous proportions, as if they were moving to a war confrontation.
"I was making dinner for the kids, who go to school, when suddenly a lot of policemen and soldiers entered the kitchen asking who slept. I told them they were only my children, my mother and my brother and to please not enter, because my mother is sick and can die, but they paid no attention and went directly where my brother, Ulises, slept. grabbed him by the hair and took him away, "a woman said when she spoke to defensoresenlinea.com, while she was still very nervous.
The incident took place before five o'clock on Tuesday and the police-military force maintained for more than an hour detainees who were left free after being warned that were already identified. The release came after the COFADEH complaint through Radio Globo and that Security Deputy Minister Roberto Romero Luna, couldn't explain the illegality when interviewed by this news agency.
Four children, ranging from ages two to 10 years-old, were found in two houses, had been thrown to the floor. Their shouting and crying did not move the agents, who proceeded to throw everything in the house and to put a rifle to the head of one of the women, while another soldier pricked her back with a rifle taking her out of the house, as if she were a dangerous criminal.
"Apart from threatening us and treating us like dogs, they took two cell phones and two bicycles, they also destroyed the doors of the houses, which were kicked open," said another of those affected.
What a way to seek reconciliation with a machine gun to the head
Bertha Oliva: To reconcile the people of Honduras is not possible with a machine gun pointed at the headBertha Oliva Nativí, coordinator of the Committee of Relatives of Detained and Disappeared in Honduras, COFADEH, criticized the way the current system is addressing the problem of land in the Aguán.
"What a way to reconcile with the Honduran people, with a machine gun pointed at the head for more than 48 hours, which has sown terror due to the helplessness of the peasants. This action only reminds me of a similar operation conducted in San Esteban Olancho, in June 1981, about 15 days after Thomas Nativí forcibly disappeared, "said human rights advocate.
"See what a coincidence, that the same who led the operation at that time is acting now. He is the same death escuadronero (death squad member) who disappeared many people, this is reedition of the past, what is taking place in the Aguán" complained Oliva .
She added that this operation was then coordinated by Billy Joya Amendola. Just like it happens now, "They came with helicopters and heavily armed, there were a lot of people dead and others missing. We are still looking for them and the Honduran State has not responded to our claim."
At the end of this note, hundreds of soldiers and police are on the main street of the village of El Despertar, residents fear other repressive actions against them.
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