Honduras: Information on the death of Cesar Castellanos, president of the Mejores Alimentos de Honduras Union in September 1994
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 March 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | HND20209.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Honduras: Information on the death of Cesar Castellanos, president of the Mejores Alimentos de Honduras Union in September 1994, 1 March 1995, HND20209.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad3064.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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In a telephone interview, the director of the Centro de Documentación de Honduras, a non-governmental organization based in Tegucigalpa that specializes in studies on Honduras, told the DIRB that he could not find any information pertaining to the death of an individual named Cesar Castellanos, union president of Mejores Alimentos de Honduras, in the archives of the centre nor in the Honduran newspapers of the above-mentioned period (24 March 1995).
According to the director, union leaders are no longer the targets of political persecution in Honduras such as they were during the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s (ibid.).
According to a secretary at the company previoulsy named Mejores Alimentos de Honduras, this company was sold one year ago and renamed Alimentos Excel. The secretary could not provide information on the details of the sale nor on the union's staff and could not refer the DIRB to another representative knowledgeable on these topics (24 Mar. 1995).
For a general view of trade unions in Honduras, please consult the attached document.
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB 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.
References
Centro de Documentación de Honduras, Tegucigalpa. 24 March 1995. Telephone interview with the director.
Alimentos Excel, Tegucigalpa. 24 March 1995. Telephone interview with a secretary.
Attachment
Trade Unions of the World 1992-1993. 1991. 3rd ed. Revised and updated by Martin Upham. London: Longman Group UK, pp. 203-207.
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