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August 3, 2009

Two Zelaya Supporters Die in Honduras
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Two more supporters of Zelaya have died in Honduras. A teacher named
Roger Vallejo died of a bullet wound to the head after two days in a
hospital’s intensive care unit. Vallejo was shot in the head while
taking part in a rally blocking a road leading out of the capital,
Tegucigalpa. A funeral was held for Vallejo on Saturday. Another
teacher, Martin Florencio Rivera Barrientos, was stabbed to death on
Saturday after leaving Vallejo’s funeral.



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