Honduras : Fear for safety - Pedro Marchetti, priest and human rights defender Members of Movimiento Campesino del Aguán (MCA), Peasant Farmer Movement of Aguan

Honduras : Fear for safety - Pedro Marchetti, priest and human rights defender Members of Movimiento Campesino del Aguán (MCA), Peasant Farmer Movement of Aguan

Index Number: AMR 37/004/2001
Date Published: 21 May 2001
Categories: Americas, Honduras

A powerful local politician has apparently hired gunmen to kill a Jesuit priest, Pedro Marchetti, who has been helping peasant farmers defend their land against the claims of major landowners. Father Pedro Marchetti was told of the plan on 2 May by concerned peasants.