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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sarah Johnson

‘Two murders in a week’: Honduran activists risk death to defend rights

Alejandro Hernández holds a photo of his brother Pablo, who was shot and killed on 9 January in San Marcos de Caiquín.
Alejandro Hernández holds a photo of his brother Pablo, who was shot and killed on 9 January in San Marcos de Caiquín. Photograph: Délmer Membreño/The Guardian

One Sunday morning in January, Pablo Isabel Hernández set off to walk to church in San Marcos de Caiquín, a remote part of Honduras, but never arrived. One of Hernández’s brothers, who followed later, found Pablo, 33, dead on the road. He had been shot in the back.

The next day, as Thalía Rodríguez, 46, lay in bed with her partner 500 miles (800km) away in the capital, Tegucigalpa, masked armed men stormed into her flat and shot her in the head.

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