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stated that "criminal organisations and international drug cartels are deeply involved in local businesses and criminal activities in the region and seem to be involved in most of the alleged crimes in the Bajo Aguán, including unlawful occupations of land and robbery of
African palm fruits, in order
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violations or forcibly evicting intruders from its land. It claimed that "externally funded armed groups, with no interest in farming, are using the conflicts in
Honduras for wider political ends by encouraging the illegal seizure of private lands."
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during his term in office from 1982 to 1986 and vice-president of APROH, a "right-wing grouping of business interests and members of the armed forces" from the early 1980s to at least 2001. Facussé was married and had nine children. His nephew,
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was elected its first president). A "widely publicised memorandum" by Facussé "argued that the only way out of the national crisis was to 'sell
Honduras to the foreign investor'". Facussé was still listed as Vice-President of APROH in 2001.
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as having, "a private militia that can count on support from the police and army to impose his will". Reporters without
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violated its own social and environmental rules in approving a $ 30m loan to Facussé. However, in its 2015 report on
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237:Roberto Suazo Córdova
172:University President
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118:Roberto Suazo Córdova
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