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| The '''Horcones Massacre (Masacre Los Horcones)''' was a series of killings centered around the Los Horcones ranch in the ] of ], ], in June 1975, in which up to 15 religious leaders, campesinos and students were killed. | The '''Horcones Massacre (Masacre Los Horcones)''' was a series of killings centered around the Los Horcones ranch in the ] of ], ], in June 1975, in which up to 15 religious leaders, campesinos and students were killed. | ||
| Behind the murders was the powerful Zelaya family. José Manuel Zelaya, the owner of Los Horcones ranch, and his accomplices were sentenced 20 years in prison. His son ] Jr. was not prosecuted. | |||
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| ==Massacre== | |||
| ⚫ | According to journalist and author Wendy Griffin, "The Massacre of Los Horcones was seen as a clash between the interests of large landowners and the social activism of the church of the time." After the bodies were found, the federal government ordered all priests, monks, and nuns to leave the area for their own safety. | ||
| In June 1975 a dozen bodies were found in a 40-meter well on José Manuel Zelaya's ranch ''Los Horcones''. | |||
| Eight persons were arrested and sentenced for the murders and later released. | |||
| The bodies of five farmers had been burned alive in a bread oven. The bodies of two priests had been castrated and severely mutilated. Two women had been thrown in the well alive before the shaft was dynamited.<ref>Robert Gregory Williams: Export agriculture and the crisis in Central America</ref> | |||
| ==Victims== | |||
| The victims included farmers, students and two priests: | |||
| *Father Casimir Cypher | |||
| *Father Ivan Betancourt | |||
| *Máximo Aguilera | |||
| *Lincoln Coleman | |||
| *Bernardo Rivera | |||
| *Francisco Colindres | |||
| *Fausto Cruz | |||
| *Roque Ramón Andrade | |||
| *Arnulfo Gómez | |||
| *Ruth A. Mayorquín | |||
| *María Elena Bolívar | |||
| *Alejandro Figueroa | |||
| *Juan Benito Montoya | |||
| *Óscar Ovidio Ortiz | |||
| ⚫ | Father Iván Betancourt was a visiting ] priest working in areas where ] cooperatives were organizing. Father Michael Jerome Zypher (Padre Casimiro) was a priest visiting from ], ]. | ||
| ⚫ | According to journalist and author Wendy Griffin, "The Massacre of Los Horcones was seen as a clash between the interests of large landowners and the social activism of the church of the time." After the bodies were found, the federal government ordered all priests, monks, and nuns to leave the area for their own safety. | ||
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==Sentences== | ||
| A special investigative commission charged José Manuel Zelaya, a wealthy landowner and father of later ] ], as well as the provincial army commander and two accomplices.<ref></ref> The |
A special investigative commission charged José Manuel Zelaya, a wealthy landowner and father of later ] ], as well as the provincial army commander and two accomplices.<ref></ref> The murders had been done with Zelaya family's ]. They were sentenced to 20 years in prison. They received amnesty in September 1980.<ref></ref><ref name=cidob>{{cite web|url=http://www.cidob.org/es/documentacion/biografias_lideres_politicos/america_central_y_caribe/honduras/manuel_zelaya_rosales |title=Manuel Zelaya Rosales |publisher=Centro de Estudios Internacionales de Barcelona |date=2009-07-22 |accessdate=2009-07-30}}</ref><ref></ref> | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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The Horcones Massacre (Masacre Los Horcones) was a series of killings centered around the Los Horcones ranch in the department of Olancho, Honduras, in June 1975, in which up to 15 religious leaders, campesinos and students were killed.
Behind the murders was the powerful Zelaya family. José Manuel Zelaya, the owner of Los Horcones ranch, and his accomplices were sentenced 20 years in prison. His son Manuel Zelaya Jr. was not prosecuted.
Massacre
In June 1975 a dozen bodies were found in a 40-meter well on José Manuel Zelaya's ranch Los Horcones.
The bodies of five farmers had been burned alive in a bread oven. The bodies of two priests had been castrated and severely mutilated. Two women had been thrown in the well alive before the shaft was dynamited.
Victims
The victims included farmers, students and two priests:
- Father Casimir Cypher
- Father Ivan Betancourt
- Máximo Aguilera
- Lincoln Coleman
- Bernardo Rivera
- Francisco Colindres
- Fausto Cruz
- Roque Ramón Andrade
- Arnulfo Gómez
- Ruth A. Mayorquín
- María Elena Bolívar
- Alejandro Figueroa
- Juan Benito Montoya
- Óscar Ovidio Ortiz
Father Iván Betancourt was a visiting Colombian priest working in areas where agrarian reform cooperatives were organizing. Father Michael Jerome Zypher (Padre Casimiro) was a priest visiting from Wisconsin, USA.
According to journalist and author Wendy Griffin, "The Massacre of Los Horcones was seen as a clash between the interests of large landowners and the social activism of the church of the time." After the bodies were found, the federal government ordered all priests, monks, and nuns to leave the area for their own safety.
Sentences
A special investigative commission charged José Manuel Zelaya, a wealthy landowner and father of later President of the Republic Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, as well as the provincial army commander and two accomplices. The murders had been done with Zelaya family's .22 Magnum. They were sentenced to 20 years in prison. They received amnesty in September 1980.
References
- Robert Gregory Williams: Export agriculture and the crisis in Central America
- Blood and Land
- Masacre en la Hacienda de Mel Zelaya, se cumplen 34 años de impunidad
- "Manuel Zelaya Rosales". Centro de Estudios Internacionales de Barcelona. 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
- Crisis in Honduras - What was really behind the removal of President Manuel Zelaya, and is he likely to be reinstated?
- Wendy Griffin - Honduras This Week - Popular organizations remember Los Horcones 25 years later
- "Rebels with a Cause" assassinated in the Americas
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