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Mar 15, 2016 · On 15 March 2016, a gunman arrived at the home of Nelson García in Río Lindo, Honduras, and shot him dead in front of his wife and young children. García’s murder took place less than two weeks after the assassination of world-renowned environmental activist Berta Cáceres (see page 124).
Mar 18, 2016 · On Tuesday, COPINH organizer Nelson García was shot dead by two gunmen as he arrived at this mother-in-law’s house for lunch. He had spent the morning helping 150 families move their belongings after soldiers and national police destroyed their homes and crops during a forced eviction from land claimed both by indigenous Lenca and an ...
Mar 16, 2016 · Honduran activist Nelson Noe García Lainez was murdered Tuesday, becoming the second member of the indigenous environmental group COPINH to be shot to death in Honduras the last two weeks.
Apr 6, 2016 · Nelson García was an active member of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (Copinh). His murder took place “when he came home for lunch, after having spent the morning helping to move the belongings of evicted families from the Lenca indigenous community of Rio Chiquito,” said Copinh.
Mar 17, 2016 · Nelson García of the advocacy group called the National Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) was shot in the face by unidentified gunmen, the Guardian reported.
After the murder of Berta Cáceres, leader of the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) shot dead on 3 March, another COPINH member has been killed: Nelson García, 38. According to COPINH, García, father of five, was killed on 15 March by Honduran
Mar 16, 2016 · On 15 March 2016 human rights defender Mr Nelson García was killed in the aftermath of a violent eviction conducted in Río Lindo, Department of Cortés, Honduras.
