HIT-MEN SENTENCED FOR MURDER OF ASJ LAWYER
Gunman and driver each receive lengthy sentences.
Supporters asked to provide prayer support
as trial begins for alleged killers of
ASJ lawyer Dionisio Díaz García
Tegucigalpa, Honduras - The trial of two men arrested for the assassination of Dionisio Diaz Garcia will begin on Febrary 18, 2009 and is expected to last for one week. Mr. Diaz Garcia, a lawyer with the Honduran Association for a More Just Society, was was on his way to Court on December 4, 2006 when he was shot and killed by two men on a motorcycle.
Ever since the broad daylight murder on a busy street, Honduran officials have been facing intense international pressure to locate and prosecute the killers, as well as those who financed the assassination. The killing is believed to connected to work Mr. Diaz Garcia was doing on behalf of mistreated employees with a private security firm.
Carpenteros join global call to investigate murder of Honduran lawyer
On December 4, 2006, Dionisio Diaz Garcia, a lawyer/research for the Association for a More Just Society in Honduras, was assassinated while driving to the courthouse. As part of an international campaign to demand that Honduran police and government officials ensure a full investigation of this crime, the Carpenteros circulated a petition, which was signed by approximately 250 individuals. That petition was sent to various Honduran and Canadian officials. What follows is the response from Hon. Peter G. MacKay, Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs.
One year ago, assassins took the life of Dionisio Diaz Garcia, a researcher/lawyer with The Association for a More Just Society in Honduras. Please remember Dionisio's family, friends and AJS colleagues in your prayers, as well as praying that his killers and those who ordered and financed the assassination may be brought to justice.
