The OAS Secretary General “strongly” condemned the attack, speaking of a “regional challenge.” That of the Honduran woman is the third murder of this type in less than a month in Latin America
Luis Almagro’s conviction for the crime of Honduran prosecutor Karen Almendares
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), the Uruguayan Luis Almagro, “strongly” condemned the murder of the Honduran prosecutor Karen Almendares, and affirmed that it poses a challenge in which there is no room for “indifference”.
“I strongly condemn the murder of the Honduran prosecutor, Karen Almendares. We accompany her family, the Honduran Public Ministry in their pain, and demand justice,” he said in a message on his Twitter account.
And he added: “The fight against violent groups and organized crime is a regional challenge where there is no room for indifference.”
Almendares, 39, was shot dead on Friday night by unknown assailants in the city of Nacaóme, where he lived, local press reported this Saturday.
The crime was perpetrated when Almendares opened the gate of his house, in the El Chagüite neighborhood, when he returned from a gym in Nacaóme, in the southern department of Valle, bordering El Salvador.
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, in a file photograph. EFE/Orlando Barría
According to unofficial versions, the assassinated prosecutor was the sister of a senior officer of the Honduran Armed Forces.
The Almendares homicide is the third such crime in Latin America in less than a month. On May 10, the Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci was assassinated in Colombia, while this week they killed the Ecuadorian prosecutor Luz Marina Delgado.
On Wednesday, the OAS had repudiated the murder of prosecutor Pecci, which had occurred in Colombia, and had called for “a speedy investigation” to bring the perpetrators to justice. responsible.
Unanimously, the Permanent Council of the OAS condemned the “heinous crime” of Pecci, “who waged a firm and determined fight against drug trafficking and organized crime.”
In a statement, thes 34 active members of the bloc also indicated “their commitment to redouble efforts in the region in the fight against organized crime”, as well as “their strongest rejection to all forms of attack, intimidation and threat to the work of justice agents.”
Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, in a photo of file (REUTERS/Jorge Adorno/File Photo)
The Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci was assassinated on May 10 in Colombia. Three lost his life after being shot in an attack by unknown persons on a beach on the Barú peninsula, in the Colombian city of Cartagena.
The official was on his honeymoon with his wife Claudia Aguilera, whom he married on April 30 last. A few hours before the crime, Aguilera had announced that she is pregnant.
The murder was confirmed by Sophia López Garelli, Paraguayan ambassador to Colombia. According to the investigations, the attackers were mobilized on jet skis. The prosecutor’s wife was unharmed.
Image of prosecutor Luz Marina Delgado. (Photo: El Universo).
For her part, the Ecuadorian prosecutor Luz Marina Delgado was murdered along with the lawyer Jeferson Mendoza in Manta, 420 kilometers from Quito,when they They were mobilizing in a red vehicle that lost control and crashed into the wall of a house after its occupants were hit by bullets. They would have been attacked by hired assassins.
Delgado had participated, in 2018, in an operation that allowed the capture of the Washington Prado couple, known as ‘ alias Gerald’ or the ‘Ecuadorian Pablo Escobar’.
Witnesses told the press that they heard a burst of gunfire. As soon as the incident was known, members of the National Police and intelligence agents arrived at the scene. Likewise, medical personnel treated the victims and confirmed their death.
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