US Lawmakers Call for Suspension of Police Aid to Honduras

Source: Telesur

US Lawmakers Call for Suspension of Police Aid to Honduras
Published 20 August 2015 (4 hours 24 minutes ago)


U. S. President Barack Obama proposed to invest $1 billion in next year's budget in assistance to Central American security forces.

A total of 21 U. S. Democratic lawmakers demanded on Wednesday that Secretary of State John Kerry suspend and re-evaluate the “training and support to the Honduran police and military units ... until human rights abuses are adequately addressed by the Honduran government.”

The letter handed to Kerry insists widespread state repression and human rights abuses have significantly increased since the 2009 right-wing coup against President Manuel Zelaya.

The legislators referred to the growing participation of military officials in the national laws of Honduras, despite constitutional restrictions, and the attempts by President Juan Orlando Hernandez to amend the Constitution and extend police militarization.


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