tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30408888.post5610994689912179033..comments2023-09-04T08:51:16.091-06:00Comments on Hermano Juancito: Priest and two others beatenJohn (Juancito) Donaghyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711543214465586727noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30408888.post-18662521020491703892012-01-13T23:27:10.006-06:002012-01-13T23:27:10.006-06:00And I keep getting the feeling that they're pi...And I keep getting the feeling that they're pioneering police tactics in Honduras for use in the USA.<br /><br />--CharlesCharleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04761044906837521471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30408888.post-16910957080204369202012-01-11T19:31:11.484-06:002012-01-11T19:31:11.484-06:00Furthermore, it appears that the police involved w...Furthermore, it appears that the police involved were moved from Intibucá and thus may not be investigated for their role in this action. Impunity reigns.John (Juancito) Donaghyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711543214465586727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30408888.post-65896911530256264422012-01-08T13:33:52.832-06:002012-01-08T13:33:52.832-06:00The plot thickens as the police claim that Padre M...The plot thickens as the police claim that Padre Marco Aurelio was drunk. This has been "reported" widely in the newspapers here, including a statement from the national public information officer of the police. Such efforts are not uncommon here - as they are not uncommon under repressive regimes.John (Juancito) Donaghyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711543214465586727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30408888.post-24982652240533247182012-01-05T10:23:36.267-06:002012-01-05T10:23:36.267-06:00A friend passed on to me this passage from a trans...A friend passed on to me this passage from a translation from ZORZAL, January 2012:<br /><br />According to the testimony of Father Marco Aurelio Lorenzo, he and his two brothers were intercepted by a patrol of 8 police officers, while making a stop on a trip from Yamaranguila to Esperanza, Intibucá on 26 December at 8pm. The police stole money, tortured the priest and his brothers, and in an attempt to dispose of criminal evidence, tried to push the parish car with the priest’s unconscioius and bloodied body over a precipice of 300 meters. But they failed to lift the body [into the car], and when they tried to push the car over the precipice, it got stuck on the road.<br /><br />They could not kill them with a bullet because the evidence would show that official weapons had been used, so the criminals decided to take the victims to the hospital, claiming an accident had happened and pretending to be humanitarians. But when the medical staff noticed that one of the victims was the priest Marco Aurelio, and the police began to act “confused”, and left the hospital after taking the money from the priest’s wallet. This outrageous criminal act was kept secret by his terrified family until 2 January, when the news was released through alternative means.<br /><br />The mother of the three victims, Julia Vasquez, said: "We could not bear the fear. So we kept quiet." And, referring to the police report: "If this is what they do with someone who can defend himself to some extent, what do they do to those people who cannot do it [defend themselves]?"John (Juancito) Donaghyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711543214465586727noreply@blogger.com