Cándido Amador Recinos
Cándido Amador Recinos (1958 – April 12, 1997) [1] was a Honduran political activist and Ch'orti' indigenous leader.[2] He was General Secretary of the General Council of Assessment for the Development of Indigenous Groups (in Spanish the Comité de Asesoramiento de las Etnias Autóctonas de Honduras)[3] and had spent many years fighting to recover lost lands[2] and for the legal possession of Ch'orti' lands for the Ch'orti' people. He was murdered by unknown assailants and left by the side of a road with determined as from a brain injury.[3] Days earlier he had informed colleagues about death threats.[3] Two men were arrested and later released without charge.
References
[edit]- ^ Gutman, W. E. (2012). "Who Killed Cándido?". A Paler Shade of Red: Memoirs of a Radical. CCB Publishing. pp. 371–378. ISBN 9781927360972.
- ^ a b "CASO SIN RESOLVER: Asesinato de líder indígena en el bastión de los mayas sigue impune pasadas dos décadas". Once Noticias (in Spanish). April 15, 2018.
- ^ a b c "HONDURAS: Justice fails indigenous people" (PDF). Amnesty International. September 1999. p. 8.
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