The Unified Campesino Movement of Aguan (MUCA) declares to the Honduran people and to the national and international community the following:
1. We condemn the assassination of Jacobo Erazo Lopez, member of MUCA-Right Bank (MUCA-MD) and a partner in the campesino cooperative La Tranvio in the settlement of La Confianza, assassinated in the community of Quebrada de Arena at 5am.
2. We are in a state of permanent alert given the savagery on the part of the guards working for the big landowner Miguel Facusse, and the constant threats to the community that is next to the Paso Aguan Plantation ; on the 2 of July the campesino Gregorio Chavez, 69 years old, was kidnapped by security guards and on Friday, July 6th he was found, murdered, on the Paso Aguan plantation that is in the possession of Mr. Facusse.
3. We are putting on alert the national and international Human Rights organizations ffor any repression that may be committed against the cooperatives of San Isidro, La Despertar, and La Trinidad which were turned over to the campesinos on June 29 through a judicial decision in the Tribunals of Justice, however, there is no doubt that the big landowners are using influence trafficking on their behalf because 24 hours after the decision they introduced a written motion in the tribunals demanding that the decision be annulled and of course looking to evict the campesinos from the plantations that have been shown to belong to the campesino cooperatives mentioned above.
4. We dennounce the fact that the neighboring settlements such as La Confianza, La Aurora, La Concepcion and La Lempira that belong to the MUCA - Right Bank are the victims of constant persecution and harassment by the security guards working for the big landowners although they have shown their willingness to respect the agreements even in the face of the non-compliance by the big landowners.
Issued in the Colonia 20 de Julio in the community of La Confianza, Tocoa, Colon on July 7, 2012
We are not fish living on water; we are not birds living on air, we are
campesinos and campesinas who need to live on the land. No More Blood
Baths in the Lower Aguan!
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The death of two campesinos revives the agrarian polemic in Honduras
EFE - Tegucigalpa
Two campesinos were assassinated in recent days in the province of Colon in the Caribbean coast of Honduras despite an agreement signed last June oriented towards ending the land conflict between the small farmers and big landowners. Spokesman for the Unified Campesino Movement of Aguan (MUCA) Vitelino Alvarez told reporters that Jacobo Erazo, 30 years old, whose whereabouts was unknown since last Monday, "was found dead in the area of Quebrada de Arena in the Lower Aguan", he added that the death of Erazo "creates again unease to the zone (of Lower Aguan)", where in the last fours years an agrarian conflict between campesinos and big landowners has cost the lives of more than 50 people, the majority small farmers. Last Friday the cadaver of a campesino, Gregorio Chavez, 69 years old, was found on a plantation in the Lower Aguan stated Alvarez without giving more details. Last June 5th, the president of Honduras Porfirio Lobo signed the 4th agreement with campesinos aimed at the 17 million dollar purchase of 2,429 hectares of land, some under cultivation already, from agribusiness landowners in this region that are dedicated to the production of African palm.
In October of 2011, Lobo sent military and police to the Lower Aguan due to armed conflict between campesinos and private security guards but the violence did not stop.
Human rights organizations that have dennounced the violent deaths of campesinos at the international level believe that the problem in the Lower Aguan will not be resolved with the presence of police and military but by the authorization of lands for the campesinos.
EFE - Tegucigalpa
Two campesinos were assassinated in recent days in the province of Colon in the Caribbean coast of Honduras despite an agreement signed last June oriented towards ending the land conflict between the small farmers and big landowners. Spokesman for the Unified Campesino Movement of Aguan (MUCA) Vitelino Alvarez told reporters that Jacobo Erazo, 30 years old, whose whereabouts was unknown since last Monday, "was found dead in the area of Quebrada de Arena in the Lower Aguan", he added that the death of Erazo "creates again unease to the zone (of Lower Aguan)", where in the last fours years an agrarian conflict between campesinos and big landowners has cost the lives of more than 50 people, the majority small farmers. Last Friday the cadaver of a campesino, Gregorio Chavez, 69 years old, was found on a plantation in the Lower Aguan stated Alvarez without giving more details. Last June 5th, the president of Honduras Porfirio Lobo signed the 4th agreement with campesinos aimed at the 17 million dollar purchase of 2,429 hectares of land, some under cultivation already, from agribusiness landowners in this region that are dedicated to the production of African palm.
In October of 2011, Lobo sent military and police to the Lower Aguan due to armed conflict between campesinos and private security guards but the violence did not stop.
Human rights organizations that have dennounced the violent deaths of campesinos at the international level believe that the problem in the Lower Aguan will not be resolved with the presence of police and military but by the authorization of lands for the campesinos.
COMUNICADO
Denunciamos
la ola de persecución y los asesinatos hacia los campesinos del Bajo Aguan
El
Movimiento Unificado Campesino del Aguan (MUCA), comunica al pueblo Hondureño y
a la comunidad nacional e internacional lo siguiente:
1- Condenamos
el asesinato del compañero Jacobo Erazo López,
miembro del Movimiento Unificado Campesino del Aguan (MUCA), del la margen
derecha, y socio de la Empresa La Tranvio del asentamiento La Confianza que fue asesinado en la comunidad de Quebrada
de Arena a las 5:00 de la mañana.
2- Que
estamos en alerta permanente ante la embestida por parte de los guardias del
señor terrateniente Miguel Facusse, asimismo a las constantes amenazas a la comunidad vecina
de la Finca paso Aguan, ya que el pasado 2 de julio fue secuestrado Gregorio Chávez de 69 años por
guardias de seguridad y que el viernes 6
de julio fue encontrado asesinado en la finca paso Aguan que está en posesión
del señor Facusse.
3- Ponemos
en alerta a los organismos Derechos Humanos nacionales e internacionales de de
cualquier represión que pueda desatarse en las cooperativas San Isidro, La
Despertar y La Trinidad, ya que fueron entregadas a los campesinos el pasado 29
de junio, a través de un fallo judicial en los Tribunales de Justicia, pero no
cabe duda que los terrateniente están haciendo uso del tráfico de influencias,
porque 24 horas después introdujeron un escrito a los tribunales, exigiendo nulalidad
del fallo y por supuesto en busca de
desalojarlos, de las fincas de las
cuales ha quedado demostrado que le pertenecen a la cooperativas antes mencionadas.
4- Denunciamos
que los asentamientos vecinos como: La Confianza, La Aurora, La
Concepción y La Lempira que pertenecen MUCA del sector de la margen derecha, están siendo víctima de la constante persecución
y el hostigamiento por los guardias de
seguridad de los terratenientes, aun cuando se ha presentado voluntad de respetar los acuerdos
ante el incumplimiento de los mismos.
Dado
en la Colonia 20 de julio, de la Comunidad La Confianza, Tocoa ,Colon a los 7 días
del mes de julio del 2012.
NO SOMOS PECES
PARA VIVIR DEL AGUA, NO SOMOS PAJAROS PARA VIVIR DEL AIRE, SOMOS CAMPESINOS Y
CAMPESINAS QUE NECESITAMOS VIVIR DE LAS TIERRA.
YA BASTA EL
DERRAMAMIENTO DE SANGRE EN EL BAJO AGUAN
.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-********....-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-Muerte de dos campesinos revive polémica agraria en Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA. Dos campesinos fueron asesinados en los últimos días en el
departamento de Colón, en el Caribe de Honduras, pese a un acuerdo
firmado en junio pasado orientado a ponerle fin a un conflicto de
tierras entre labradores y terratenientes.
El
portavoz del Movimiento Campesino Unificado del Aguán (Muca) Vitelino
Álvarez, dijo a periodistas que Jacobo Erazo, de 30 años, cuyo paradero
se desconocía desde el lunes pasado, “ fue hallado muerto en el sector
de Quebrada de Arena, en el Bajo Aguán ” .Agregó que la muerte de Erazo “ trae la intranquilidad nuevamente a la zona (del Bajo Aguán) ” , donde en los últimos cuatro años un conflicto agrario entre campesinos y terratenientes se ha cobrado la vida de más de 50 personas, en su mayoría labriegos.
El viernes pasado se halló el cadáver de un campesino, Gregorio Chávez, de 69 años, en una finca del Bajo Aguán, indico Álvarez, sin precisar más detalles.
El pasado 5 de junio, el presidente hondureño, Porfirio Lobo, suscribió un cuarto acuerdo con campesinos orientado a comprar 2.429 hectáreas de tierras, algunas ya cultivadas, a empresarios de ese sector que se dedican a la producción de palma africana, por unos 17 millones de dólares.
En octubre de 2011, Lobo envío militares y policías al Bajo Aguán a raíz de los enfrentamientos armados entre campesinos y guardias de seguridad privada, pero la violencia no cesa.
Organismos de derechos humanos, que han denunciado la muerte violenta de campesinos a nivel internacional, consideran que el problema en el Bajo Aguán no se resuelve con la presencia de policías y militares, sino otorgándoles tierras a los campesinos.
http://www.abc.com.py/internacionales/muerte-de-dos-campesinos-revive-polemica-agraria-en-honduras-423553.html
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