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US Business Cons Hondurans to
Iraq War
The Court of Tegucigalpa charged
the US company Your Solutions of
buying off 142 nationals hired
as security guards, forced to go
fight in Iraq.
The Human Rights Court report
says the soldiers claim they
were cheated on by the company,
since of their $1,200 dollar
monthly salary, $200 were
deducted for company "expenses"
and another $200 supposedly sent
to their families, which never
arrived.
Fourteen guards returning home
told the Human Rights Court that
the company violated their
rights and lied about the true
goal of their contracts.
They were hired to work as
private guards in Iraq but once
there were forced to join the
fighting.
Due to its international
repercussion, a UN commission
visited Honduras to interview
different institutions and check
on the charges.
Although Honduras has not signed
the Anti-Mercenary Convention,
Art. 317 of its Penal Code
includes the crime, hence the
General Attorney's Office and
Human Rights Court will sue.
In addition, the UN
Anti-Mercenary Group urged
Honduras to keep track of such
contracts because the contingent
departed without institutional
protection.
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