Luis Marroqu\u00edn fue asesinado el 9 de mayo en San Luis Jilotepeque, Jalapa. Abajo est\u00e1 el comunicado de prensa del Comit\u00e9 de Desarrollo Campesino (Codeca):<\/p>\n
Responsabilizamos al gobierno y sus grupos criminales por el asesinato de nuestro compa\u00f1ero y defensor de derechos humanos Luis Arturo Marroqu\u00edn.<\/strong><\/p>\n El d\u00eda de hoy mi\u00e9rcoles 9 de Mayo a eso de las 9 de la ma\u00f1ana fue cobardemente asesinado con varios impactos de bala por la espalda. Seg\u00fan informaci\u00f3n de compa\u00f1eros del \u00e1rea, Luis Marroqu\u00edn fue seguido por un veh\u00edculo Hilux Negro desde que sali\u00f3 de Jalapa en un bus p\u00fablico y al llegar a San Luis Jilotepeque \u00e9l baj\u00f3 del bus para sacar copias de un documento en una librer\u00eda por el parque central y all\u00ed fue donde lo asesinaron dos hombres con rostros cubiertos que viajaban en el veh\u00edculo negro. El compa\u00f1ero se dirig\u00eda a realizar una asamblea municipal prevista para hoy en el Barrio El Llano en dicho municipio.<\/p>\n Luis Arturo Marroqu\u00edn de 47 a\u00f1os de edad, era defensor de ddhh y miembro del n\u00facleo central de la dirigencia de CODECA. Operativamente era el coordinador organizativo y pol\u00edtico de la regi\u00f3n Oriente del pa\u00eds. Sus principales luchas fueron la defensa de los Derechos Humanos, la Lucha por el Acceso a la Tierra, la lucha por los Derechos Laborales, la defensa del Territorio y la exigencia por la nacionalizaci\u00f3n de los servicios y bienes privatizados. Este defensor dej\u00f3 en la orfandad a cinco hijos.<\/p>\n[Lea m\u00e1s sobre Codeca aqu\u00ed: CAFTA y el cambio clim\u00e1tico agravan la desigualdad en Guatemala, pero los campesinos no se rinden<\/a>; La criminalizaci\u00f3n de Codeca<\/a>.]\n Ante este cobarde ataque:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n CODECA p\u00fablicamente responsabiliza al Presidente de la Rep\u00fablica de Guatemala, al se\u00f1or Jimmy Morales porque \u00e9l p\u00fablicamente en un discurso emitido la semana pasada (el 2 de mayo 2018) trat\u00f3 de afianzar odio y resentimiento contra Codeca. \u00c9l en vez de buscar la unidad del pueblo en su discurso trat\u00f3 de generar controversia entre el mismo pueblo.<\/strong><\/p>\n A pesar que estos ataques contra compa\u00f1eros defensores nos duelen, pero en lugar de intimidarnos, lucharemos m\u00e1s fuertes para alcanzar nuestros sue\u00f1os y los de muchos compa\u00f1eros defensores asesinados.<\/p>\n Este asesinato es el resultado del discurso de odio promovido por el gobierno de la rep\u00fablica y su sistema corrupto, ladr\u00f3n, saqueador y asesino.<\/strong><\/p>\n SOMOS PUEBLOS, SOMOS CODECA, NUNCA M\u00c1S SIN NOSOTR@S. Vamos por la construcci\u00f3n de un Estado Plurinacional mediante un proceso constituyente popular y plurinacional.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Luis Marroqu\u00edn fue asesinado el 9 de mayo en San Luis Jilotepeque, Jalapa. Abajo est\u00e1 el comunicado de prensa del Comit\u00e9 de Desarrollo Campesino (Codeca): Responsabilizamos al gobierno y sus grupos criminales por el asesinato de nuestro compa\u00f1ero y defensor de derechos humanos Luis Arturo Marroqu\u00edn. El d\u00eda de hoy mi\u00e9rcoles 9 de Mayo a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4067,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[452,378,1],"tags":[535,490,529,35,47,1214,65,1212,1215,927,959,1213,1158,1157],"class_list":["post-4064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frontpage","category-politica","category-uncategorized","tag-activistas","tag-asesinato","tag-asesinatos","tag-codeca","tag-derechos-humanos","tag-estado-plurinacional","tag-guatemala","tag-jalapa","tag-jilotepeque","tag-morales","tag-presidente","tag-presidente-morales","tag-violence","tag-violencia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.entremundos.org\/revista\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/img-20180509-wa0000.jpg?fit=1144%2C1144&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7ljt7-13y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4074,"url":"https:\/\/www.entremundos.org\/revista\/politics\/another-activist-is-murdered-in-guatemala-luis-marroquin-codeca-regional-coordinator\/?lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":4064,"position":0},"title":"Another activist is murdered in Guatemala: Luis Marroqu\u00edn – Codeca regional coordinator","author":"EntreMundos","date":"10 mayo, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Luis Marroqu\u00edn was murdered on May 9 in San Luis Jilotepeque, Jalapa, Guatemala. 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