Honduras mayor arrested for masterminding environmentalist’s killing
Key takeaways
- Adan Funez was one of three men arrested this week over alleged involvement in the shooting of activist Juan Lopez.
- Adan Funez, former mayor of the city of Tocoa, was captured at his home on Tuesday on suspicion of masterminding the killing, following years of accusations by religious and environmental leaders.
- Lopez was one of the fiercest critics of Funez, a local mayor at the time, as well as a supporter of the mine and a close ally of Honduras’s former president, Xiomara Castro, whose term ended this year.
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Adan Funez was one of three men arrested this week over alleged involvement in the shooting of activist Juan Lopez.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. The late Honduran environmentalist Juan Lopez sits on a rock on the outskirts of Tocoa, Honduras, on September 28, 2021 [File: AFP]By The Associated Press Published On 12 May 202612 May 2026Honduran authorities have arrested three people, including a powerful politician, accused of plotting the 2024 assassination of an environmental leader, an incident that became a symbol of government corruption.
Adan Funez, former mayor of the city of Tocoa, was captured at his home on Tuesday on suspicion of masterminding the killing, following years of accusations by religious and environmental leaders.