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February 15, 2011

Honduras: Plane Crash Kills 14; Two Campesino Leaders Murdered 
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Fourteen people were killed when a small passenger plane crashed outside
the capital of Honduras on Monday. Three Americans were counted among
the victims of the crash as well as several prominent Hondurans,
including government official Rodolfo Rovelo, trade union leader José
Israel Salinas and former finance minister Carlos Chain. Meanwhile, on
Friday, two influential campesino leaders were killed in the Aguan
Valley region of Honduras. The men headed up a co-operative that
cultivates African palm oil for biofuel production.



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