The murder of Constantino García was reported in two Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras (CODEH) annual reports (1987, 8; 1988, 13) and a 1 November 1988 Washington Post article. In The Washington Post, Sergeant Fausto Reyes Caballero, a 19-year old veteran of the Honduran security forces, reported that a Battalion 3-16 motorcycle team under the authority of Sergeant Jaime Rosales killed former sergeant García in October 1985 after he had left the unit (1 Nov. 1988). The article also reported that several months following García's murder, his brother, a former corporal, was killed after publicly accusing the Battalion 3-16 of the death of his brother.

Additional information on the case of Juan Constantino García could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras (CODEH). 1988. The Situation of Human Rights in Honduras 1988. Tegucigalpa: CODEH.

______. 1987. The Situation of Human Rights in Honduras 1987. Tegucigalpa: CODEH.

The Washington Post. 1 November 1988. Honduras Accused of Death-Squad Operations; Exile Says Members of 'Battalion 316,' Once Reportedly Disbanded, Continue to Kill." (NEXIS)

Americas Watch. July 1989. Honduras: Without the Will.

Amnesty International Report. 1986-1990.
Amnesty International. February 1988.

Honduras: Civilian Authority — Military Power: Human Rights Violations in the 1980s.

Human Rights in Honduras.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. 1985-1991; 1995.

Central America NewsPak [Austin, Tex.]. 1988-1990.

Honduras Update [Jamaica Plain, Mass.]. 1988-1989.
INS Resource Information Center. January 1993.

Honduras: Country Conditions 1991-1992.

Resource Centre Amnesty International File: Honduras. 1985-1991.

Electronic sources: IRB Databases, Global News Bank, LEXIS/NEXIS, Internet, REFWORLD (UNHCR database), World News Connection (WNC).