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<p>Dear Friend,</p>
<p>We are writing to ask you to call the U.S. State Department
today
regarding alarming developments in the Aguan region of Honduras where
over 3,500 peasant families are currently at risk. The peasant families
are part of the Unified Campesino Movement of the Aguan who have
suffered intense repression in the last months due to land disputes
with wealthy businessmen. </p>
<p>In the last 24 hours, as many as 5000 troops, police and
commando
units have moved into the region. The military has taken total control
of roads leading into the region and a curfew was announced by the
Honduran Government. <a
href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fquixote.org%2Furgent-communication-cofadeh-emergency-agu%25C3%25A1n">Honduran
Human Rights Organizations</a>
have issued alerts to the international community fearing a potential
massacre. Two cooperatives - Guadalupe Carney and El Remolino are
particularly at risk. </p>
<p>We have also received disturbing reports of U.S. air support
for
this military operation in the Aguan. Otto Reich is currently in
Honduras reported to be meeting with representatives of the extreme
right wing of the Honduran power elite.</p>
<p>Please call Ambassador Craig Kelly at the U.S. State
Department
(202-647-6754) today and express your alarm about a potential for
violent repression of peasant farmers in the Aguan and the
participation of U.S. air support in this operation. Check the <a
href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fquixote.org%2F">Quixote
Center</a> web site for updates. </p>
<div>Jenny Atlee,</div>
<div>Quixote Center</div>
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