In a letter to President Trump signed by 50 House and Senate colleagues, Rep. Schakowsky and Senator Markey led a call to the US government for accountability in its support for the Honduran government in light of growing threats against human rights defenders, journalists and international observers in Honduras. A press release for the letter states, “The United States should not be aiding any government that fails to hold violators of human rights accountable, or worse, perpetrates these violations. Continued support of the government of John Orlando Hernandez without continued checks on its behavior will only fuel the destruction of the rule of law, cripple an already devastated economy and allow for a pervasive fear among the Honduran people which are, not coincidentally, the very factors leading to the mass migration of ordinary citizens from Honduras that we are currently witnessing. See the full Press Release and link to the letter here.
https://schakowsky.house.gov/press-releases/representative-schakowsky-an…