Honduran farm workers' leader killed amid land tensions

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Honduran farm workers' leader killed amid land tensions

21 August 2011 Last updated at 15:17 ET
Honduran farm workers' leader killed amid land tensions

Gunmen have shot dead farm workers' leader Secundino Ruiz in Honduras.

The murder happened in a region with heightened tension over land ownership.

Police said Mr Ruiz was killed as he was leaving a bank in the Bajo Aguan valley carrying the equivalent of more than $10,000 (£6,000) in workers' pay.

The Honduran authorities said he was murdered for the money, but the shooting comes a week after 11 people were killed in clashes between local land owners and farm workers.

'Revenge killings'

Last Sunday, six guards were killed at a local ranch in Bajo Aguan.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14609778

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