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'''Billy Fernando Joya Améndola''' (known as '''Billy Joya''') is a former military officer who worked in the controversial [[Battalion 3-16 (Honduras)|Battalion 3-16]],<ref>[http://www.cofadeh.org/html/violadores%20ddhh/billy_joya.htm Violadores de Derechos Humanos en la década de los 80`s - Billy Fernando Joya Améndola], Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras (COFADEH)</ref>, national security adviser at [[Manuel Zelaya]]'s government, a post in which he has continued.<ref name="DemocNow_Zelaya">{{cite web| last =Goodman| first =Amy| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Zelaya Speaks| work =| publisher =[[Z Communications]]| date =2009-07-31| url =http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/22175 |format =| doi =| accessdate =2009-08-01 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5iiJWZiQV |archivedate=2009-07-31 |deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name="telegraph_billyjoya">''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', 5 July 2009, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/honduras/5743512/In-Honduras-coup-the-truth-is-as-strange-as-any-banana-republic-fiction.html In Honduras coup, the truth is as strange as any 'banana republic' fiction ]</ref> |
'''Billy Fernando Joya Améndola''' (known as '''Billy Joya''') is a former [[Honduran]] military officer who worked in the controversial [[Battalion 3-16 (Honduras)|Battalion 3-16]],<ref>[http://www.cofadeh.org/html/violadores%20ddhh/billy_joya.htm Violadores de Derechos Humanos en la década de los 80`s - Billy Fernando Joya Améndola], Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras (COFADEH)</ref>, national security adviser at [[Manuel Zelaya]]'s government, a post in which he has continued.<ref name="DemocNow_Zelaya">{{cite web| last =Goodman| first =Amy| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Zelaya Speaks| work =| publisher =[[Z Communications]]| date =2009-07-31| url =http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/22175 |format =| doi =| accessdate =2009-08-01 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5iiJWZiQV |archivedate=2009-07-31 |deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name="telegraph_billyjoya">''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', 5 July 2009, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/honduras/5743512/In-Honduras-coup-the-truth-is-as-strange-as-any-banana-republic-fiction.html In Honduras coup, the truth is as strange as any 'banana republic' fiction ]</ref> |
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==Military career== |
==Military career== |
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Billy Fernando Joya Améndola (known as Billy Joya) is a former Honduran military officer who worked in the controversial Battalion 3-16,[1], national security adviser at Manuel Zelaya's government, a post in which he has continued.[2][3]
Military career
One of four children, Joya enrolled in military academy at 14, but was expelled "when a teacher caught him cheating on an exam."[4] He subsequently enlisted as a private and within two years had risen to become the youngest sergeant in the army. He joined the military police, and in 1981, along with a dozen other Hondurans, had 6 weeks' training in the US. He went on to become a member of Intelligence Battalion 3-16.[4]
Billy Joya was one of the at least 18 members of the death squad Intelligence Battalion 3-16 who trained at the School of the Americas in the United States.[5][6][7]
Joya fled legal proceedings in Honduras regarding allegations of torture and forced disappearances carried out by Battalion 3-16, and sought political asylum in Spain, which was rejected. In August 1998 a claim was filed against Joya in Spain requesting his detention, asserting universal jurisdiction under the Convention Against Torture.[8] "Joya voluntarily returned to Honduras in December 1998 after receiving promises of special treatment. He was jailed but freed in August 2000 after a judge said there was not enough evidence to continue his detention."[9]
In 1996 Joya told the victims of Battalion 3-16, "I ask pardon for having contributed to that history of pain and suffering that you experienced."[10]
Security adviser
As of mid-2006, Billy Joya was a national security advisor to Alvaro Romero, another former Battalion 3-16 member, who was a government minister (Secretary of Security) during the presidency of Manuel Zelaya.[11]
References
- ^ Violadores de Derechos Humanos en la década de los 80`s - Billy Fernando Joya Améndola, Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras (COFADEH)
- ^ Goodman, Amy (2009-07-31). "Zelaya Speaks". Z Communications. Archived from the original on 2009-07-31. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Daily Telegraph, 5 July 2009, In Honduras coup, the truth is as strange as any 'banana republic' fiction
- ^ a b New York Times, 7 August 2009, A Cold War Ghost Reappears in Honduras
- ^ Imerman, Vicky (2009). "Notorious Honduran School of the Americas Graduates". Derechos Human Rights. Archived from the original on 2009-08-03. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Declassification Request to the U.S. Government by Honduran National Commissioner for Human Rights, 31 July 1995, see ref for "In Search of Hidden Truths"
- ^ CL Sriram (2002), "Exercising Universal Jurisdiction: Contemporary Disparate Practice", The International Journal of Human Rights
- ^ The Quest for Justice: Efforts to Prosecute Honduran Human Rights Abusers
- ^ Associated Press, 20 February 1996, "Former Honduran Officer Admits Kidnapping"
- ^ Holland, Clifton L. (2006-06). "Honduras - Human Rights Workers Denounce Battalion 3-16 Participation in Zelaya Government". Mesoamérica Institute for Central American Studies. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2009-08-03. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
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External links
- Template:Es Billy Joya, biography, including photo, by COFADEH
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