CORTES, HONDURAS. More than 80 peasant families were evicted this Wednesday for invading a piece of land in the Cieneguita neighborhood of Puerto Cortés.
According to the injured parties, the National Agricultural Institute (INA) allowed them to occupy several blocks of land.
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However, this day a judge arrived, accompanied by agents of the National Police (NP) and machinery.
“It is not fair that they evict us because we have been here for years and we have nowhere to go,” said a Honduran.
Another citizen affirmed that the eviction surprised them and that it is not fair. “We have nowhere to go, INA told us we could be here,” he added.
At the time that the backhoes were demolishing houses, some citizens opposed it.
“We have been living here for years and now they want to come and evict us. With a lot of effort we build our houses so that they only come to damage them»another farmer mentioned.
They evict 180 “invading” families in La Másica, Atlántida
A total of 180 peasant families were evicted, peacefully, from the community of La Jigua, in La Másica, by members of the National Police (PN).
Representatives of the government also participated in the eviction. National Commissioner for Human Rights (Conadeh).
The data provided by the authorities highlights that these citizens were invading 1,300 manzanas of land. In view of this, a contingent of uniformed officers moved to comply with an order issued by a judge from La Ceiba.
However, the families did not want to leave the place. They asked the government authorities to allow them to stay.
“They treated us like criminals and told us that we are cancer, we ask the authorities to help us because we are defenseless,” indicated one of the peasants.
