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3-3-1989 Honduras: Rightist Death Squad Distributes Leaflets Threatening Life Of Human Rights Leader Deborah Tyroler

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Recommended Citation Tyroler, Deborah. "Honduras: Rightist Death Squad Distributes Leaflets Threatening Life Of Human Rights Leader." (1989). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/noticen/2804

This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Latin America Digital Beat (LADB) at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in NotiCen by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. LADB Article Id: 073380 ISSN: 1089-1560 Honduras: Rightist Death Squad Distributes Leaflets Threatening Life Of Human Rights Leader by Deborah Tyroler Category/Department: General Published: Friday, March 3, 1989

On March 2 in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula, the "Anti-Communist Youth Organization of Honduras" distributed hundreds of leaflets containing a death threat against Ramon Custodio, president of the Honduran Human Rights Committee (CODEH). The leaflet also read, "The only good communist is a dead communist." According to Custodio who reportedly has left Honduras after receiving numerous death threats , the Anti-Communist Youth group does not formally exist, but rather serves as a cover for death squads. Custodio has accused rightist death squads of murdering several leaders of popular organizations. (Basic data from Notimex, 03/02/89)

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