The Commander of the U.S. Southern Command, General John Kelly, voiced support for the Honduran military forces in an address to the Central American Regional Security Conference that began in Tegucigalpa on March 25. Opposition groups accuse the Honduran government and its military forces of backing paramilitary organizations responsible for the deaths of student leaders and political activists, while Kelly ignores these accusations and lays the blame on generalized crime. Rights groups charge that 400 activists have been killed since 2009 with absolute impunity, including four student leaders murdered last week. Gerardo Torres reports from Tegucigalpa for teleSUR.
