U.N. experts concerned Colombia fighters in Honduras

Source: Reuters

U.N. experts concerned Colombia fighters in Honduras
Fri Oct 9, 2009 12:22pm BST

GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. human rights experts voiced concern Friday at reports that former paramilitaries from Colombia had been recruited to protect wealthy people and property in Honduras after that country's military coup.

The U.N. working group on the use of mercenaries said "information available to date" suggested that land-owners hired 40 former members of the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia as guards after violence erupted between supporters of the de facto government and backers of deposed President Manuel Zelaya.

They also cited reports that 120 paramilitaries from several neighbouring countries had been brought in to support the late-June coup that has triggered Central America's worst crisis in years.

"We urge the Honduran authorities to take all practical measures to prevent the use of mercenaries within its territory and to fully investigate allegations concerning their presence and activities," the five independent experts said in a joint statement issued in Geneva.



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as the Palestinian fighters who went to Kuwait to support Saddam's occupation(or similar foreign props to Iran's rulers), except the Columbian fighters have a dirtier connection with some American "interests".

Landowners in Honduras hired Colombian paramilitaries, UN says
Members of the AUC, classified as a terrorist organisation by the US, reportedly hired to offer protection for landowners
Associated Press
guardian.co.uk, Friday 9 October 2009 14.50 BST

Honduran landowners have reportedly hired former Colombian paramilitaries as mercenaries to protect them against possible violence stemming from government tensions, a UN panel said today.

The UN working group on mercenaries said that it has received reports that some 40 former members of United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia, or AUC. The US government classifies the AUC as a terrorist organisation.

They will protect properties and individuals "from further violence between supporters of the de facto government and those of the deposed President Manuel Zelaya," it said.

Separately, a 120-person group of paramilitaries from several countries in that region was reportedly created to support the coup in Honduras, the panel said.

Honduras is a party to the international convention against the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries, the group said.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/09/honduras-colombia-auc-landowners

during periods of upheaval having a well trained and well paid and equipped protection force can mean life or death to you and your family...

Check up on your recent Colombian history.

then you want the guys who are gonna do what is needed to protect you and your family, who would pay money to someone who wasnt able to win a firefight to protect them.

...you probably deserve to get shot.

i hope that you never get into a situation where you need to hire security, though im sure that you wont be hiring from the salvation army if you do...

And if you're hiring right-wing death squad guys, I hope you all go down together.

of the violent coup, and of the monsters who have placed the leader of their former deathsquad, Bataliohn 316 as the head of security in Honduras.

There is nothing whatsoever useful about the chainsaw murdering, torturing, dismembering monsters whom every human rights group asserts are responsible for over 80% of the slaughter and suffering in Colombia. Occassionally they have started preying upon the people who hired them, giving them the option of legally selling them their property for a couple of bucks, or informing them they'll simply take up the matter with their widows.

It would do your credibility a world of good if you took the time to know something about the subject you attempt to promote as a hell of a good idea.

No rich people are getting murdered. No rich people are getting tortured. No rich people are getting beaten up, tear gassed, imprisoned without trial, raped, their homes invaded, dragged out into the night, their vehicles' tires shot out, and their rights of free speech, free assembly, habeas corpus and everything else mentioned in the Honduran Constitution "suspended" by edict of the coup.

This is only happening to POOR PEOPLE! And there is NO disorder in THEIR activities. They are entirely peaceful. Pledged to peace. Committed to peace. Repeated avowals of peace by every resistance group. Provable, documented peaceful protest.

These heinous murderers from Colombia are NOT being hired and brought in to protect anybody's "families." They are being brought in for targeted assassination of leftist leaders--teachers, union leaders, community organizers, human rights workers and peaceful protestors. At least 15 have already been assassinated!

Wake up!

but others at least will read you reply and know more about the situation, so thank you for providing an informative reply.

Use of mercenaries in Honduras on the rise, U.N. panel says
updated 3 hours, 48 minutes ago

(CNN) -- A group of independent U.N. experts expressed concern Friday over the increased use of mercenaries in Honduras, where a de facto president has been in power since a military-led coup in June.

The U.N. panel said it received reports that 40 former Colombian paramilitaries had been hired to protect properties and individuals in Honduras since the June 28 coup that ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya. The panel also heard reports that 120 mercenaries from various Latin American countries had been contracted to support the government of Roberto Micheletti, who was installed as president hours after Zelaya's removal.

"We urge the Honduran authorities to take all practical measures to prevent the use of mercenaries within its territory and to fully investigate allegations concerning their presence and activities," the U.N. panel said in a news release.

The U.N. experts accused the Honduran government of indiscriminately using sound-generating devices against Zelaya and his supporters at the embassy.

The experts noted that the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries is prohibited under the International Convention on the issue, which Honduras has signed. The panel was established in 2005 by the Commission on Human Rights, which has since been succeeded by the Human Rights Council.

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