Honduras: 1) Information on the organization structure of the Honduras' Battalion 3-16; 2) Information on the peer linkages developed between members of this battalion
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 November 1989 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | HND2462 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Honduras: 1) Information on the organization structure of the Honduras' Battalion 3-16; 2) Information on the peer linkages developed between members of this battalion, 1 November 1989, HND2462, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab716c.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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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.
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