Napoleón Nassar Herrera

Napoleón Nassar Herrera

Napoleón Nassar Herrera (also: Nazar) is a Honduran military officer who worked in the controversial Battalion 3-16[1][2] who successively became leader of the General Department of Criminal Investigation (DGIC),[3] high Commissioner of Police for the north-west region in the Manuel Zelaya government,[2] and one of the Secretary of Security's spokespeople in the de facto government of Roberto Micheletti.[4][5]

Military career

Andrés Pavón of the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras (CODEH) says that CODEH and other human rights organisations have "stacks of proof" regarding the role of Nassar and other former Intelligence Battalion 3-16 members, but that Nassar and the others had not (as of 2006) been convicted of any crimes "because they received State protection and impunity before a compromised judicial system".[1]

Civil career

As of late 2005, during the Ricardo Maduro presidency, Nassar was leader of the General Department of Criminal Investigation (DGIC).[3] On 5 June 2005, agents from the DGIC put a community leader who had been stabbed and wounded on his face, neck, back, sides and hands by paramilitaries, Feliciano Pineda, into chains and imprisoned him in Gracias.[3]

During the Manuel Zelaya presidency, Nassar was high Commissioner of Police for the north-west region.[1][2]

In the government of Roberto Micheletti following the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis, Nassar became one of the Secretary of Security's spokespeople for communicating with protestors ((Spanish): une de los designados por la Secretaría de Seguridad para el diálogo).[4] Following police violence against thousands of demonstrators from the Copán and Santa Bárbara regions campaigning on 17 July 2009 for a new law about mineral resources, Nassar stated that for anyone who felt aggrieved, prosecutors and human rights exist.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Holland, Clifton L. (2006-06). "Honduras - Human Rights Workers Denounce Battalion 3-16 Participation in Zelaya Government" (pdf). Mesoamérica Institute for Central American Studies. Archived from the original on 2009-08-03. http://www.mesoamericaonline.net/MES0_ARCHIVES/Countries/Hond/HOJUN06.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
  2. ^ a b c Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras (2007-02). "Hnd - Solicitan al Presidente Zelaya la destitución de integrantes del Batallón 3-16 nombrados en el Ministerio del Interior". Nizkor. Archived from the original on 2009-08-07. http://www.radionizkor.org/honduras/. Retrieved 2009-08-07. 
  3. ^ a b c "Community Member Shot - Action Alert". Global Exchange. 2005-06-19. Archived from the original on 2009-08-07. http://globalexchange.org/countries/americas/honduras/3292.html. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
  4. ^ a b Leiva, Noe (2009-08-02). "No se avizora el fin de la crisis hondureña". El Nuevo Herald/AFP. Archived from the original on 2009-08-07. http://www.elnuevoherald.com/ultimas-noticias/story/510138.html. Retrieved 2009-08-07. 
  5. ^ a b (Spanish) Mejía, Lilian; Mauricio Pérez, Carlos Girón (2009-07-18). "Pobladores Exigen Nueva Ley De Minería: 71 Detenidos Y 12 Heridos En Batalla Campal". MAC: Mines and Communities. Archived from the original on 2009-08-07. http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=2064. Retrieved 2009-08-07. 


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