Honduras: Forced eviction of peasant group, Santa Ana de Aguan/Yoro

113 women and men peasants, members of the peasant group “6th of November”, living in Santa Ana de Aguan, Yoro municipality, Department of Yoro, had to suffer a serious form of violence on April 10th, 2007. The peasant group was violently evicted for the sixth time from the land which had been assigned to them by the National Agrarian Institute in 1982; four members of the group have been abducted by a paramilitary group led by a landowner who claims to be the land owner. At this moment the peasant families are not living on their land without access to their food source because the landowner threatens with death any member of the group who tries to enter the land plot.   

In view of this situation it is of utmost importance to urge the Government of Honduras to investigate these violent and repressive acts and to protect the peasant group’s access to their land. Please send a letter to the President of Honduras, in which you express your concern about this case. Please send a copy of your letter to the Foreign Minister and to the legal representative of the peasants.