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HRD Attack

18 Jan 2023

Omar Cruz Tomé - Los Laureles Peasant Cooperative

Incident date
18 Jan 2023
Date accuracy
All Correct
Omar Cruz Tomé
Male
Cooperativa Agropecuaria Los Laureles
Human Rights Defender, Affected community's leader or member
Killings
Target: Individual
Location of Incident: Honduras
Dinant Honduras Palm trees & oil Company Response
Other actors

Sources

Omar Cruz Tomé, president of the peasant cooperative Los Laureles, was murdered on 18 January in Tocoa, Colón. Members of the cooperative accuse the agricultural company Dinant of being involved in the crime, considering that, a few days earlier, the defender had denounced the company's CEO, Miguel Mauricio, to the Public Prosecutor's Office for allegedly being an "actor and accomplice" of the armed group "Los Cachos". According to the Valle del Aguán Agrarian Platform, the Honduran state had already been informed of the threats and attacks suffered by the peasants. On 27 October 2022, the Platform reported the existence of an alleged plan by agro-industrial companies in the region to assassinate the main leaders of Aguán.