Cerros, a consultant of the Indigenous Lenca folks, shot useless on the street close to the town of San Antonio.
An Indigenous environmental activist has been killed in Honduras within the newest of many assaults on environmentalists.
Carlos Cerros, a consultant of the Indigenous Lenca folks, was shot useless on the street close to the town of San Antonio within the northwest of the nation, the day by day La Prensa reported.
The 41-year-old was reportedly gunned down on Monday evening in entrance of his kids.
A suspect has been arrested, the Nationwide Police stated in a tweet. The motive behind the killing stays unclear.
Cerros was president of an area advocacy group, United Communities, and had campaigned in opposition to a hydroelectric energy station within the area.
“We condemn the shameful homicide of our comrade in arms,” United Communities wrote on its Fb web page, demanding justice and safety for the slain activist’s household.
Repeated murders
Honduras is among the world’s most harmful international locations for activists, with 14 land and environmental defenders killed final 12 months, up from 4 in 2018, based on knowledge made accessible by advocacy group World Witness.
Felix Vasquez, a longtime Lenca environmental activist, was shot by masked males in entrance of family members final December in his dwelling in Santiago de Puringla.
Vasquez, who was looking for the opposition Libre celebration’s nomination to run for Congress, had fought hydroelectric tasks and land abuses for years.
In the identical month, activist Jose Adan Medina was discovered shot useless in a distant location locally of El Volcan, additionally in western Honduras.
The killing of Berta Caceres, winner of the Goldman environmental prize, in 2016 introduced violence in opposition to environmentalists in Honduras to worldwide consideration.
Caceres, a outstanding activist and founding father of the Indigenous organisation COPINH, was murdered in her dwelling.
She additionally fought for the rights of the Lenca folks and in opposition to the development of the Agua Zarca hydropower plant.
Seven perpetrators have been sentenced to as much as 50 years in jail for her homicide, together with contract killers, troopers and staff of the development firm.