On December 11, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted on social media:
“At PBI, we are concerned about the risks faced by the leaders of the Agrarian Platform and the peasant families of the Camarones cooperative in Quebrada de Arena, Tocoa, Colón. It is important to implement effective protection measures against the attacks allegedly perpetrated by the criminal group ‘Los Cachos’.”
Avispa Midia also reports: “This Monday (8), members of the criminal group known as ‘Los Cachos’ attacked peasants from the Camarones Cooperative, as well as several other members of organizations grouped in the Agrarian Platform of the Bajo Aguán Valley, northern Honduras. The result was dozens of people injured, including the Deputy Coordinator of the Platform, Wendy Castro, and even an agent of the National Police. The attack occurred at noon, while security forces were serving a court order to evict the criminal group ‘Los Cachos’, who have maintained control of the lands of the Camarones Peasant Cooperative since December 2024 when they dispossessed peasant families through attacks with high-caliber weapons.”
These slides from PBI-Honduras further state:
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Attacks against the Camarones cooperative (Agrarian Platform)
Despite the eviction attempt on 7 December to allow the peasant families of the Camarones Cooperative to recover their land, the families – displaced since 24 December 2024 – have not been able to regain possession of their territory, according to reports by the Agrarian Platform and COPA.”
“The organisations also report attacks perpetrated against the families in the context of this recovery process. According to the information received, the attackers belong to the criminal group ‘Los Cachos’, which continues to operate within the peasant territory, posing a risk to the integrity and security of the communities.
PBI expresses its concern for the physical integrity and safety of the cooperative’s members in light of the recent attacks reported. We reiterate the importance of guaranteeing the right of access to land and of adopting protective measures for the communities involved in this process.”
Agrarian Platform
Avispa Midia has explained: “The Agrarian Platform of Aguán is made up of 25 cooperatives seeking to recuperate their lands in the valley. In addition, there are associate campesino companies, which total 43 organizations, that seek through different forms of struggle to recuperate the lands that were taken from them.”
On October 30, 2024, PBI-Canada met with several representatives of the Agrarian Platform including Yoni Rivas, Raul Ramirez and Wendy Castro.
Photo: PBI-Canada and PBI-Honduras meet the Agrarian Platform in front of a poster of Carlos Escaleras Mejía, an environmental defender who was killed on October 18, 1997.
We highlighted at that time that the Honduras National Protection Mechanism has assessed their risk level as high (84 per cent).
On November 7, 2025, Canada commented on the protection needs of human rights defenders in Honduras during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Honduras at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Speaking on behalf of Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations and the World Trade Organization, Joseph Flores Ayala stated:
“Canada recommends that Honduras fully implement the National Protection Mechanism by establishing robust accountability measures for state authorities who fail to provide adequate protection to human rights defenders, including Indigenous rights defenders, environmental rights defenders, and journalists.”
More at: Canada calls on Honduras to strengthen its Protection Mechanism for human rights defenders at UPR intervention at the UN in Geneva (PBI-Canada article, November 12, 2025).
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