by GRAHAME RUSSELL
Since the June 2009 military coup, that ousted the country’s democratically-elected government, Honduras has been referred to as the ‘murder capital’ of the world, a ‘journalist killing’ capital of the Americas, an ‘LGBT killing capital’, a ‘prisoner killing capital’, a ‘lawyer killing capital’, etc.
In January, The Miami Herald published an editorial “Central America’s free-fire zone. Our opinion: dramatic crisis in Honduras demands action”. They write:
“The country is quickly turning into a disaster zone…To make matters worse in Honduras, there are indications that elements of the U.S.-backed government are complicit in the violence and criminality. … A report in Sunday’s Miami Herald (“Graft, greed, mayhem turn Honduras into murder capital of world”) offers an eye-opening look at the rampant mayhem. Honduras has become a free-fire zone…The murder rate of 82.1 per 100,000 residents (compared to 5.5 per 100,000 in Florida), gives Honduras the highest homicide rate in the world.”
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