Document #1109305

IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)

1) Information on the organization structure of the Honduras' Battalion 3-16; 2) Information on the peer linkages developed between members of this battalion. [HND2462]

Please find attached excerpts of documents which discuss the background, structure and membership of the death squad known as 'Battalion 316'.

1)

Human Rights in Honduras: Central America's 'Sideshow' (Americas Watch Report: Washington, D.C.) May 1987, pp. 51-56 and 126-143.

2)

Honduras: Civilian Authority - Military Power, Human Rights Violations in the 1980s (Amnesty International: London, 1988) pp.16-19.


3)

Amnesty International Report 1989, (Amnesty International, New York, 1989) pp. 132-134.

4)

Lindsey Grudson, "Political Violence Sweeping Once-Quiet Honduras" The New York Times, August 27, 1989.

ecoi.net description:
1) Information on the organization structure of the Honduras' Battalion 3-16; 2) Information on the peer linkages developed between members of this battalion. [HND2462]
Country:
Honduras
Source:
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Document type:
Response
Language:
English
Published:
8 November 1989
Document ID:
1109305 (former ID 179284)

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