Fears for safety of community leader abducted in Honduras

11 October 2011 A community leader from San Pedro Sula in northern Honduras has not been heard of since his abduction on 30 August. Honduran authorities must urgently establish the whereabouts of an abducted community leader and bring his captors to justice, Amnesty International said today as his family and friends continue to demand his release.Two unidentified armed men wearing balaclavas forced José Reynaldo Cruz Palma, aged 49, from a minibus in the northern city of San Pedro Sula on 30 August. He was handcuffed and taken away in a pick-up truck, and has not been heard from since.His…

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