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Conflicting Honduran military reports said agents fired on civilians by mistake. Another claimed those killed were drugs traffickers.
Villagers are enraged. Nearby Ahuas Mayor Lucio Vaquedano said they have nothing to do with drugs. Victims were fishing. Helicopter fire machine-gunned them to death. It was cold-blooded murder.
Indigenous Miskito group leaders said:
"For centuries we have been a peaceful people who live in harmony with nature, but today we declared these Americans to be persona non grata in our territory."
Candelaria Trapp, one of the slain victims, left behind six motherless children.
In response, residents burned government buildings. They demand US agents leave. On May 5, The New York Times headlined "Lessons of Iraq Help US Fight a Drug War in Honduras," saying:
Washington established "three new (Honduran) forward bases." The country "is the latest focal point in America's drug war." Allegedly US forces only fire in "self-defense." May 11 proved otherwise.
Moreover, an alleged "drug war" is a red herring. America's CIA trafficked them for decades. Wall Street and other major banks launder billions in illicit profits.
Written or acknowledged rules of engagement authorize free fire zone directives. In Iraq and Afghanistan they ordered killing every military-aged man in sight. Honduras perhaps is no different.
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