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Several people died in Honduras after an attack against peasants living in Guadalupe Carney community, near Puerto de Trujillo. According to Prensa Latina news agency, Rafael Alegria, counselor of the Coordinating Committee of Peasant Organizations, said the attack had been carried out by gunmen paid by estate owner Henry Osorto, who claims the property of the lands donated by the municipality, which have been occupied by nearly 560 families for twenty years. Osorto is also the chief of police and according to Alegria “it is customary for this person to attack peasants when he feels like it”.

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