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On December 13, he was shot as he walked in downtown Tegucigalpa. Friends rushed him to a hospital, where he died. National Resistance Front said "Trochez was an active militant in the resistance and an example of the fight against the dictatorship." A Honduran rights group said Trochez was briefly kidnapped Dec. 4 by four masked men who beat him.<ref>[http://21stcenturysocialism.com/article/killing_activists_in_honduras_01947.html Killing activists in Honduras]</ref> |
On December 13, he was shot as he walked in downtown Tegucigalpa. Friends rushed him to a hospital, where he died. National Resistance Front said "Trochez was an active militant in the resistance and an example of the fight against the dictatorship." A Honduran rights group said Trochez was briefly kidnapped Dec. 4 by four masked men who beat him.<ref>[http://21stcenturysocialism.com/article/killing_activists_in_honduras_01947.html Killing activists in Honduras]</ref> |
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The assailants threatened to kill Trochez because of his participation in the anti-coup movement, the International Observatory on the Human Rights Situation said |
The assailants threatened to kill Trochez because of his participation in the anti-coup movement, the International Observatory on the Human Rights Situation said.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/world/gunmen-kill-gay-rights-activist-who-protested-coup-in-honduras-79403547.html |title=Gunmen kill gay rights activist who protested coup in Honduras |date=2009-12-16 |publisher=AP via washington examiner |accessdate=2009-12-20}}</ref> He was also a gay rights activist.<ref>[http://www.miamiherald.com/1506/story/1392156.html Death of Honduran gay activist illustrates spike in hate crimes]</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:17, 26 December 2009
Walter Trochez (1972-2009) was a Honduran political activist and LGBT rights leader.[1]
On December 13, he was shot as he walked in downtown Tegucigalpa. Friends rushed him to a hospital, where he died. National Resistance Front said "Trochez was an active militant in the resistance and an example of the fight against the dictatorship." A Honduran rights group said Trochez was briefly kidnapped Dec. 4 by four masked men who beat him.[2]
The assailants threatened to kill Trochez because of his participation in the anti-coup movement, the International Observatory on the Human Rights Situation said.[3] He was also a gay rights activist.[4]
References
- ^ Honduran Regime Martyrs LGBT Leader
- ^ Killing activists in Honduras
- ^ "Gunmen kill gay rights activist who protested coup in Honduras". AP via washington examiner. 2009-12-16. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
- ^ Death of Honduran gay activist illustrates spike in hate crimes