Napoleón Nassar Herrera
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Napoleón Nassar Herrera is a Honduran military officer who worked in the controversial Battalion 3-16 who successively became leader of the General Department of Criminal Investigation (DGIC), high Commissioner of Police for the north-west region in the Manuel Zelaya
government, and one of the Secretary of Security's spokespeople in the de facto government of Roberto Micheletti
.
(CODEH) says that CODEH and other human rights organisations have "stacks of proof" regarding the role of Nassar and other former Intelligence Battalion 3-16 members, but that Nassar and the others had not (as of 2006) been convicted of any crimes "because they received State protection and impunity before a compromised judicial system".
presidency, Nassar was leader of the General Department of Criminal Investigation (DGIC). On 5 June 2005, agents from the DGIC put a community leader who had been stabbed and wounded on his face, neck, back, sides and hands by paramilitaries, Feliciano Pineda, into chains and imprisoned him in Gracias
.
During the Manuel Zelaya
presidency, Nassar was high Commissioner of Police for the north-west region.
In the government of Roberto Micheletti
following the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis
, Nassar became one of the Secretary of Security's spokespeople for communicating with protestors (: une de los designados por la Secretaría de Seguridad para el diálogo). Following police violence against thousands of demonstrators from the Copán and Santa Bárbara regions campaigning on 17 July 2009 for a new law about mineral resources, Nassar stated that for anyone who felt aggrieved, prosecutors and human rights exist.
Manuel Zelaya
José Manuel Zelaya Rosales is a politician who was President of Honduras from January 27, 2006 until June 28, 2009. The eldest son of a wealthy businessman, he inherited his father's nickname "Mel," and, before entering politics, was involved in his family's logging and timber businesses.Elected...
government, and one of the Secretary of Security's spokespeople in the de facto government of Roberto Micheletti
Roberto Micheletti
Roberto Micheletti Baín is a former de facto president of Honduras who served as a result of the 2009 coup d'état. The Honduran military was ordered by the Supreme Court to forcefully detain President Manuel Zelaya once the Court stated he was violating the Honduran constitution; Zelaya was exiled...
.
Military career
Andrés Pavón of the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in HondurasCommittee for the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras
The Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras is a human rights NGO in Honduras founded in 1981 by medical doctor Ramón Custodio Lopez.-Background:...
(CODEH) says that CODEH and other human rights organisations have "stacks of proof" regarding the role of Nassar and other former Intelligence Battalion 3-16 members, but that Nassar and the others had not (as of 2006) been convicted of any crimes "because they received State protection and impunity before a compromised judicial system".
Civil career
As of late 2005, during the Ricardo MaduroRicardo Maduro
Ricardo Rodolfo Maduro Joest is a former President of Honduras and Bank of Honduras chairman. Maduro graduated from The Lawrenceville School and later Stanford University...
presidency, Nassar was leader of the General Department of Criminal Investigation (DGIC). On 5 June 2005, agents from the DGIC put a community leader who had been stabbed and wounded on his face, neck, back, sides and hands by paramilitaries, Feliciano Pineda, into chains and imprisoned him in Gracias
Gracias
Gracias is a small Honduran town/municipality that was founded in 1536, and has a population of approximately 25,000 people...
.
During the Manuel Zelaya
Manuel Zelaya
José Manuel Zelaya Rosales is a politician who was President of Honduras from January 27, 2006 until June 28, 2009. The eldest son of a wealthy businessman, he inherited his father's nickname "Mel," and, before entering politics, was involved in his family's logging and timber businesses.Elected...
presidency, Nassar was high Commissioner of Police for the north-west region.
In the government of Roberto Micheletti
Roberto Micheletti
Roberto Micheletti Baín is a former de facto president of Honduras who served as a result of the 2009 coup d'état. The Honduran military was ordered by the Supreme Court to forcefully detain President Manuel Zelaya once the Court stated he was violating the Honduran constitution; Zelaya was exiled...
following the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis
2009 Honduran constitutional crisis
The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis was a political dispute over plans to rewrite the Constitution of Honduras, which culminated in a coup d'état against Honduran President Manuel Zelaya by the Honduran military...
, Nassar became one of the Secretary of Security's spokespeople for communicating with protestors (: une de los designados por la Secretaría de Seguridad para el diálogo). Following police violence against thousands of demonstrators from the Copán and Santa Bárbara regions campaigning on 17 July 2009 for a new law about mineral resources, Nassar stated that for anyone who felt aggrieved, prosecutors and human rights exist.