Regime vents its anger on the resistance: Hooded men murder teacher

DINA MEZA

Teacher José Manuel Flores Arguijo was killed in his workplace

Teacher José Manuel Flores was killed by at least three masked men who lied in ambush at the back of Colegio San José del Pedregal, when he called students to enter their classroom,on Tuesday afternoon, March 23.

Flores was an active member of the National Front of Popular Resistance, FNRP, who left three orphaned children and a wife. His death adds to the dozens of sons and daughters losing one of their parents, who since June 28, struggled with thousands of Hondurans against the coup.

We have no doubt that this is the action of a death squad, who are choosing every week from two to three members of the People's National Front, said Sergio Rivera, leader of the Teachers' Association of Middle School Education in Honduras, COPEMH, who came to the school to show solidarity to the family of the deceased teacher.

He denied that this fact is the responsibility of youth gang problems in the sector, because the resistance is very strong and Flores was very active in the National Resistance Front. Instead, he interprets the crime as a message to be sent to people, for them not to mobilize en masse on Thursday March 25, where thousands of people will come to support the defense of the land in the country.

"We're terribly outraged. We believe that the murder of Manuel can't stay seen as if it were just another(common) murder. We have to put an end to this and set things in place. The death squads are supported by Israeli and Colombian advisors, former members of Batallion 3-16 at Billy Joya's orders, and other characters who are implementing a doctrine of annihilation of members of the National Front of Popular Resistance. "

A cousin of Flores explained that recess had just started, therefore the teacher came up to check that no students were left and the strange thing is that we can see that there is lead on the bottom floor, whereas on the top floor, where it is reported that they were waiting for him, no cap was found, which is thought to have been an ambush from below by the distance the caps penetrated the institution.

Jaime Rodriguez, president of COPEMH

Armando Orellana Teacher of Flores at the Social Sciences Faculty in the National Pedagogical University Francisco Morazan, UPNFM, described him as a man interested in social issues, in critical solidarity, "I do not understand how a fellow like Manuel gets killed, with whom I spoke last Saturday and we were talking about the articles he wrote in national newspapers. "

As teachers, we demand that the death of Manuel is investigated, because it is a huge loss, he was a fellow who was really committed to the teachers' struggle and he was a very capable person.

Various forms of repression against the teachers have been institutionalized

Jaime Rodriguez, president of COPEMH(Union of Middle School Teachers), denounced the repression against the teachers is manifested in different ways: from the High Court of Auditors, TSC, that has arrived to several schools formulating repairs to the directors, because they have not made (salary) deductions from teachers who took part in the mobilizations of resistance in 2009.

"The economic crackdown campaing continues. The money which the government illegally appropriated has not been returned to the teachers' associations, the money they stole from us, because they believe that in this way they will make us desist from following the Honduran people in their just struggle. Colleagues are still being killed, just like in the previous government, where colleagues were killed on the street. This time they are murdered in their workplace, "said Rodriguez.

Moreover, he blamed the state of everything that is happening in the country, of assassinations of prominent people in the FNRP.

"We're not going to give in. Not even with death," warned the COPEMH president, who broke down by the death of his partner.

The persecution is nationwide against teachers, "there are colleagues watched, threatened, and persecuted by the National Party activists, who threaten to fire them, because they have been in the resistance.

Consternation of his fellow teachers

His colleagues mourn the murder of Professor José Manuel Flores

One of his colleagues, who asked for her name not to be mentioned, due to the repression circumstances, said that Flores was a person with a good heart, "I do not know why they did this to him. He was a rebellious person of ideas, but he never harmed anyone. Now they disguise everything, but his death is not a common crime. "

Regarding the participation of teachers in the march of resistance, she stated that he was always ahead of the march, "we take it as a clear message to the teachers, especially for those who are in resistance. This indicates that we are being watched, they are watching where we work."

She denounced repression carried out by some directors of the National Party, who are threatening them whenever there are resistance marches, in order to prevent teachers from mobilizing. They warn them that they will deduce the working day and they send them all the time a memo, "but since we are firm, it is not possible that a few derelicts beat us all".

Fuente: Defensores en línea - elquinceavopaso.blogspot.com

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