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October 12, 2021

Honduras: Mayoral Candidate & Daughter of Berta Cáceres Targeted Ahead of November Elections
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In Honduras, a mayoral candidate for the progressive Libre party has
been assassinated less than two months before the November elections.
Nery Fernando Reyes was shot dead on Friday in the town of Yusguare.
Hours later, Honduran Congresswoman Olivia Marcela Zúniga Cáceres was
beaten by four men inside her own home. Cáceres is the daughter of the
assassinated Lenca Indigenous land and water protector Berta Cáceres.
She is also a member of the Libre party.


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