Honduras: Murder of peasant leader related to the agrarian reform implementation in Aguán

On 11th June 2008, the peasant leader Irene Ramírez was murdered at 10:30 pm in the city of Trujillo, Colón, in front of the facilities of the Education Department of Colón, approximately 500 meters from the police offices and the Department of Criminal Investigation of Trujillo. As spokesperson of the local peasants’  movement, Irene Ramírez had declared himself recently in favour of the resolution of the agrarian conflict regarding the former Regional Centre of Military Training. Some days before his assassination, Irene publicly reported to have received death threats by local landlords and farmers.