"Guapinol River water protector and CMDBCPT leader Juan López killed by gunmen in Tocoa, Colón, Honduras", 15 September 2024

...Guapinol Exige Justicia posted on social media:

“OUR COMRADE JUAN LOPEZ HAS BEEN MURDERED. Our great friend, colleague and coordinator was murdered as he was leaving the church by men on motorcycles just days after he asked for the resignation of the mayor of Libre Adan Funez for his links with drug traffickers. Our hearts are broken. Our deepest condolences go out to Juan Lopez’s wife and daughters, and to all those who have been hurt in this fight for dignity. We will not rest until there is justice for Juan and our martyrs.”

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Juan repeatedly denounced having received threats and harassment for his tireless defence of the Montaña de Botaderos Carlos Escaleras National Park. Despite being the beneficiary of precautionary measures from @CIDH [Inter-American Commission on Human Rights], these have not been sufficient to guarantee his safety. It is essential that a prompt and impartial investigation be carried out and that measures be taken to guarantee the safety and integrity of the entire CMDBCP“...

The Spanish news agency EFE adds: “López was opposed to a mining project known as Guapinol, in the department of Colón, in the Honduran Caribbean, which allegedly originates from the illegality of the mining concession”...

El Salto also explains:

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He was fighting the Seven-Headed Monster. This is what they call this seven-legged megaproject in Tocoa: two iron oxide mines built in a supposedly protected area (the Montaña Botaderos National Park), the thermoelectric plant already built and that if turned on will steal the water that the municipalities need to live from the Guapinol River and its tributaries, a pelletizing plant that will work with the energy of the thermoelectric plant – based on the polluting petroleum coke – and three wells of water that would dry up the earth...