The month of March was marked by continued violence, institutional failures, and persistent impunity in the Bajo Aguan region of Honduras.

During the month of February, campesino and grassroots organizations expressed their concern about a proposed bill that could weaken the country’s agrarian reform by prioritizing agro-industrial production at the cost of campesino families. The bill would weaken administrative controls and facilitate criminalization by authorizing the immediate intervention of security forces.

During the month of December, Honduran grassroots organizations rejected the interference of US President Donald Trump in the Honduran electoral process. Trump favored the National Party candidate, Nasry Asfura, in an act that violated the right to self-determination of the Honduran people. In January, Asfura assumed the presidency of Honduras amid strong accusations of electoral fraud.

Meanwhile, the rights of organized campesino families continue to be violated by the criminal groups “Los Cachos” and “Los Pechugas,” responsible for forcibly evicting campesino families from their lands and murdering campesinos organized under the Agrarian Platform.