Honduras/Nicaragua: Whether the Fuerza Democratica Nicaraguense (FDN) recruited and trained Honduran citizens as Contra members between 1985 and 1987
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 19 January 1999 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ZZZ30856.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Honduras/Nicaragua: Whether the Fuerza Democratica Nicaraguense (FDN) recruited and trained Honduran citizens as Contra members between 1985 and 1987, 19 January 1999, ZZZ30856.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab063c.html [accessed 3 June 2023] |
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For general information on the presence of Contra forces in Honduras, including the Fuerza Democratica Nicaraguense (FDN), please consult HND26929.E of 8 July 1997, HND22539.E of 15 December 1995 and HND0758 of 9 May 1989.
In a 16 January 1999 e-mail message sent to the Research Directorate, a professor of political science at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, specializing in Honduras military affairs, stated that he had no information as to whether Hondurans were recruited as Contra members by the FDN.
Additional information could not be found among the sources consulted.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Reference
Professor of Political Science, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. 16 January 1999. Correspondence.
Additional Sources Consulted
Amnesty International. February 1988. Honduras: Civilian Authority - Military Power: Human Rights Violations in the 1980s.
Committee for the Defence of Human Rights in Honduras (CODEH). 1987. The Situation of Human Rights Situation in Honduras, 1987.
_____. February 1989. The Situation of Human Rights Situation in Honduras, 1988.
Human Rights Watch (HRW)/Americas. July 1989. Honduras: Without the Will.
Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs [Miami]. 1993-1998.
NACLA Report on the Americas [New York]. 1987-1988.
Electronic Sources: IRB Databases, REFWORLD, LEXIS/NEXIS, Internet and WNC.
