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Honduran LGBT Rights Activist Assassinated
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Resistance member and LGBT activist Walter Trochez, 25, was killed in a drive-by shooting Sunday in downtown Tegucigalpa, Honduras's capital and largest city.
Trochez has been active in protesting the military coup that deposed President Jose Manuel Zelaya, and, according to journalist Doug Ireland,
"had been very active recently in documenting and publicizing
homophobic killings and crimes committed by the forces behind the coup,
which is believed to have been the motive for his murder. He had been
trailed for weeks before his murder by thugs believed to be members of
the state security forces."
Two weeks earlier, while he was
monitoring the treatment of transgender prostitutes working in the
Comayaguela district, Trochez was captured by masked police and
beaten until bloody, according to a Spanish-language website. He brought a complaint about the police action to City Hall,
where he was mocked for his homosexuality. His complaint was
accepted but no action was taken.
Also, according to sources, LGBT people have been confronted by police in various skirmishes recently. Two activists died after being shot in those confrontations.
Ireland's piece is here. Spanish-language reports from alternative news source Kaoslenlared.net are here.
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