Unidentified gunmen killed a colleague of environmentalist leader Berta Caceres, who was slain almost two weeks ago in similar circumstances, Honduran authorities said Wednesday, according to AP. Two men shot Nelson Garcia to death Tuesday after he returned home from helping evicted Indians move their belongings. Police had removed the Indians from land they were squatting on not far from Garcia's home in the hamlet of Rio Chiquito, 120 miles (200 kilometers) north of Tegucigalpa. A police statement called the killing an "isolated" act of violence unrelated to the slaying of Caceres. But the organization that both Caceres and Garcia belonged to described Garcia's death as part of "the government's constant harassment" of Indian groups. Both activists were Lenca Indians and belonged to the Indian Council of People's Organizations of Honduras.
