2023-08-26 02:56:18
A man and his three children ages 9, 11, and 19 were murdered shot and burned this Friday in the department of Intibucá, in western Honduras, reported the National Police and relatives. According to a preliminary report from the Honduran Police, the victims were murdered and later burned in the municipality of Yamaranguila, Intibucá.
Honduran Gilberto Bautista and his three children were allegedly attacked by a man, identified as Selvin Sánchez, when they were collecting ocote wood near their home in the village of Oloas. The other three victims were identified as Eduardo Josué, 19, Allan Fernando (11) and Erlin Santiago Bautista (9).
“They were in the cornfield collecting ocote (wood) to sell when an individual attacked them with a gun and then burned them,” said María Gómez, wife and mother of the deceased.
Gómez blamed a 42-year-old aunt of Gilberto Bautista, whom he did not identify, responsible for the massacre, and pointed out that the cause would be a “dispute over land.” “An aunt of his (Gilberto) was his enemy and had ordered him to be killed for some land,” said the woman with tears in her eyes and a broken voice.
Honduras is among the countries with the highest rates of violence in the world, without living in war, with an average of between ten and fifteen murders a day, according to official sources.
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