HIT-MEN SENTENCED FOR MURDER OF ASJ LAWYER
Gunman and driver each receive lengthy sentences.
Emergency Relief
Carpenteros assist in providing seeds and fertilizer to farmers whose crops were destroyed by tropical storm
Farmers from the community of El Guanabano in the Olancho District of Honduras pick up their allotment of fertilizer and seeds. Coordinated by Diaconia Nacional, corn and bean seeds and fertilizer made available by the Government of Honduras is being distributed to nearly 200 farmers in nine communities, all of which were devastated by Tropical Depression #16 in October 2008. Distribution of the seeds and fertilizer, training, as well as administration and monitoring of the program was made possible through funding from The Carpenteros and Friends. In addition to assisting farmers in El Guanabano, where the Carpenteros helped to construct a water distribution system in 2005, the seed and fertilizer program is also helping farmers in El Ensinal, Ochoa, El Coyolar, Guancoca, Dos Quebradas, Los Charcos, El Carrizal and La Avispa. The value of the seed and fertilizer providing by the Honduran Government is estimated at $15,000, and participating farmers are expected to repay approx. $75-100 each to the local micro-credit cooperative at the end of the 2009 growing season.
Fall 2010 Service Trip
NEXT TRIP SCHEDULED TO DEPART NOV. 23
Last November's trip iwas cancelled due to the political situation in Honduras, and an advisory from CRWRC and the Canadian and American governments warning against any unnecessary travel to Honduras. There was some initial discussion of sending a team to Honduras in April 2010 but most participants indicated that November would be a much better time for them to travel.
Foreign Affairs Minister responds to petition
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.
Honduran political crisis
Honduras shocked by military coup
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, who was planning a referendum to amend the country's constitution and allow him to seek another term as president, was outsted by the Honduran military on June 28. The proposed referendum had been ruled 'illegal' by the Honduran Supreme Court, but Zeyela was insisting that the vote would proceed.
Carpenteros Steve and Jordon Fox arrived in Honduras the day prior to the coup.
Dionisio trial begins
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.
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