Article 74783 An environmental activist and her family escaped death threats in Honduras. ICE deported her husband anyway

An environmental activist and her family escaped death threats in Honduras. ICE deported her husband anyway

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Maanvi Singh
from World news | The Guardian on (#74783)

Oscar, Ana and their children fled violence for safety in the US. Now Oscar, afraid and alone, is back in Honduras - at the mercy of God and his will'

As soon as Oscar's deportation flight landed at the La Lima airport in Honduras, he put on his baseball cap. On the airport shuttle toward the terminal, he pulled his cap even lower - trying to obscure his face at various police checkpoints.

His parents picked him up in a car, and drove him to a lodging they had arranged for him - miles away from his family home. He has hardly stepped outside since. Because I can't trust anyone - not the authorities, not the government, not a police officer," he said. He has visited his mother a handful of times since the US deported him three weeks ago, and only under the cover of night. They will kill anyone here. There is death everywhere."

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