A father and his son defended the forests in Honduras and ended up murdered: “They thought they would end the fight against logging”

The deaths of Juan Bautista Silva and Juan Antonio Silva are the last of a long list of violent acts against environmental defenders in the Central American countryAn investigation blames Honduran elites for the murders of activists At 6 p.m. on Wednesday, February 26, Ana Luiza Hernández Raudelez saw her partner, Juan Bautista Silva, 70, receiving a phone call. Silva, a land defender who had been working for more than 20 years to defend the loc…

The deaths of Juan Bautista Silva and Juan Antonio Silva are the last of a long list of violent acts against environmental defenders in the Central American country. Around 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 26, Ana Luiza Hernández Raudelez saw her partner, Juan Bautista Silva, 70, receiving a telephone call. Silva, a land defender who had been working for more than 20 years in the defense of the local environment, was preparing to go out with his…