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Jack Binns, Negroponte’s predecessor as ambassador appointed by
Jimmy Carter, complained about the blatant
human rights abuses in
Honduras and briefed him as he took office. He later reported that Salvadoran nuns who fled to
Honduras after the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero had been
tortured by the Honduran
secret police and thrown out of helicopters alive – a speciality of the Argentine
military officers employed in Honduras during Negroponte’s stint. One official, Rick Chidester, claims Negroponte ordered him to remove all mention of torture and execution from his report on
human rights in Honduras.
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Jack Binns, Negroponte’s predecessor as ambassador appointed by Jimmy Carter, complained about the blatant human rights abuses in Honduras and briefed him as he took office. He later reported that Salvadoran nuns who fled to Honduras after the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero had been tortured by the Honduran secret police and thrown out of helicopters alive – a speciality of the Argentine military officers employed in Honduras during Negroponte’s stint. One official, Rick Chidester, claims Negroponte ordered him to remove all mention of torture and execution from his report on human rights in Honduras.
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