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Pictured is the preparations for the burial for Omar Cruz in Honduras' Bajo Aguán Valley, in the Colón Department, now the most violent province of the country. Cruz, the leader of a cooperative physically occupying a palm plantation they allege was taken from them by agribusiness giants, had been assassinated by unknown gunmen alongside his brother in law in the town of Tocoa just two days before. A crows surrounds what looks to be the burial site.
Jared Olson/TNH

  • Family members cry as they prepare the grave for Omar Cruz in Honduras' Bajo Aguán Valley, in the Colón Department, now the most violent province of the country. Cruz, the leader of a cooperative physically occupying a palm plantation they allege was taken from them by agribusiness giants, had been assassinated by unknown gunmen alongside his brother in law in the town of Tocoa just two days before. He is one of at least eight social leaders murdered since the end of last year, in a wave of violence that has also implicated expanding criminal networks and social cleansing death squads. January, 2023.

  • Credits Jared Olson/TNH
  • Themes Human Rights
  • Regions Honduras

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