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Luis Enrique started his career as someone who wanted to do well. He was a fellow at GOJoven, an organization that deals with the development and mobilization of youth leadership. He is Garifuna and is interested in his culture, he is a Garifuna drum maker.
"Luis Enrique Garcia was 24 years old when he became a GOJoven Fellow and has served as the President of the “patronato,” or city council, of Sambo Creek, a Garifuna village located 20 kilometers east of La Ceiba. An articulate, dynamic and visionary leader of his community, Luis Enrique understands the problems posed to his community by the HIV/AIDS pandemic and is eager to use his knowledge of sexual and reproductive health in order to better address these challenges.". -- gojoven.org/luis-enrique-garcia/
But when Luis Enrique Garcia became president of the Sambo Creek Patronato before Omar "Babakle" Suazo, he allowed delinquents to come to Sambo to work with his gang. He embezzled more than L 4 million from the Patronato as president and ran the local prostitution rackets. The elders of the town asked Omar Suazo to put himself as a candidate for the presidency, due to the problems caused by Luis Garcia.
When Wilmer Figueroa, an assistant of Omar Suazo, was killed in 2013 by a shotgun blast to the head from behind, a witness indicated that the authors were part of Luis Enrique Garcia's gang. That same gang sold drugs to the Garinagu in Sambo Creek. One of his distribution points was next to a school.
A favorite saying of Luis Enrique is that Omar Suazo is a fugitive from justice in Boston where he lived a few years before being President of the Patronato. The awards that Omar Suazo received in Boston are not very consistent with that. And why doesn't Luis Enrique call the US Embassy to report it?
More recently, Luis Enrique joined the Canadians as confidant and informant, selling
out his homeland. In particular, he is close to
Patrick Forseth, who claimed to be a clean, honest businessman while stealing
the lands of the Garinagu. Forseth was killed in a plane crash.
Luis Enrique met on March 20, 2017, with the regional
assistant manager of SANAA, the National Autonomous Service of Aqueducts and
Sewers, to finalize the theft of Garifuna lands in Sambo Creek for the
construction of a dam on the Cuyamel River.
It seems that Luis Enrique is nervous for his future, perhaps a problem of
conscience. He tried to travel to the US, but the US embassy denied him a visa,
which is unusual given his assets. It could be that they found out about his
illegal activities.
Luis Enrique pronounced himself several times against the local community radio
station that the police and the government are trying to close.
Radio Comunitaria Sugua is a strong defender against
dams in Sambo.
These people worked with Luis Enrique Garcia to plan the killing of Wilmer Figueroa:
Omar Marvin Guity
Esteban Guity
Victor Arriola
Victor Córdoba
-- Mike Perez, 8/9/2017
Note, 9/18/2017
After this article came out, his cousin Karla Lalin removed Luis Enrique from her team for the Patronato elections. He had this to say:
I thank many people in my community who maintain their trust in me, and have asked me to take back the leadership of the community, I thank them for that trust, but I tell them on this occasion that I have no intention of joining the patronato, I do not want for some hotheads to question and defame me like some mentally ill leaders who are called honest and are shameless, I am not like those who claim to defend natural resources, and live from the people, mentioning at every moment that they split their chest for the people and live ignoring them, if somebody feels some slime is pure coincidence, soon I will transmit live ok, they will listen to issues that I have held quiet and I think it is time, issues related to the people, because some evil people that pretend to leave me badly presented before the community with lies ok.
Agradesco a muchas personas de mi comunidad que mantienen su confianza en mi, y
me han solicitado tomar nuevamente el mando del patronato de la comunidad, les
doy las gracias esa confianza, pero les digo en esta ocasion ko tengo ni la
minima intencion de formar parte del patronato, no quiero k algunos cabezas
caliente me esten cuestionando y difamando como acostumbran algunos lideres
enfermos mentales que se llaman onestos y son los simberguenzas, no soy como
aquellos que dicen defender los recursos
naturales, y viven del pueblo, mencionando a cada momento que se parten el pecho
por el pueblo y viven de la icnorancia del mismo, si alguin siente alguna pringa
es pura coincidencia, pronto trasmitire en vivo ok, escucharan temas que e
callado y creo k ya es tiempo, temas relacionados con el pueblo, porque hay
algunos malias que pretenden dejarme mal parado ante la comunidad con mentiras
pendientes ok. --
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1965779757025822&set=a.1382007338736403.1073741827.100007814499546&type=3&theater
Note, 12/28/2017
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Luis Garcias sobre las "elecciones" de 16/12/17 |
On December 16, 2017, Luis Enrique participated in a
fraudulent "election,"
where 45 voters tried to elect Karla Lalin, Luis' cousin, as president of the
Patronato of Sambo Creek (8,000 inhabitants). His comment on this fraud is on
the right, where he lowered the mask to speak publicly of
Omar Suazo, who is still president of the
Patronato and imprisoned after an assassination attempt in May, 2017, for his
resistance to the government regarding the community lands in Sambo Creek.
On December 20, Luis Enrique appeared in no less than 4 media as the subject of
an assassination attempt. There are circumstances that indicate that this
attempt was false. The media speaks of a possible attempt by the government, but
the government has professionals in the arts of repression and it is more likely
they would have succeeded. Either Luis had a personal dispute or this was a
staged event.
CONADEH INVESTIGA ATENTADO A LIDER GARIFUNA 12/22/2017 Teleceiba
ATENTAN CONTRA LÍDER GARIFUNA DE SAMBO CREEK 12/21/2017 Hch
Television: 3:27 am - "Luis Enrique Garcia, líder garifuna de la aldea de Sambo
Creek fue víctima de un atentado la noche de este miércoles, según informes
varios individuos lo interceptaron cuando llegaba a las cercanías de su vivienda
y le dispararon en reiteradas ocasiones, el líder garifuna fue trasladado a un
centro asistencial de la localidad."
ATENTAN CONTRA LÍDER GARÍFUNA DE SAMBO CREEK 12/21/2017 45 TV: 12:40 am -
"Luis Enrique García, líder garífuna de la aldea de Sambo Creek fue víctima de
un atentado la noche de este miércoles, según informes varios individuos lo
interceptaron cuando llegaba a las cercanías de su vivienda y le dispararon en
reiteradas ocasiones, el líder garífuna fue trasladado a un centro asistencial
de la localidad."
ATENTAN CONTRA LÍDER GARIFUNA DE SAMBO CREEK 12/21/2017 Djmoyses Puerto, TV
Aguan: 7:56 am - "Luis Enrique Garcia, líder garífina de la aldea de Sambo Creek
fue víctima de un atentado la noche de este miércoles, según informes varios
individuos lo interceptaron cuando llegaba a las cercanías de su vivienda y le
dispararon en reiteradas ocasiones, el líder garifuna fue trasladado a un centro
asistencial de la localidad."
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007814499546&fref=ufi&rc=p
Pagina Facebook de
Luis Enrique Garcia
Karla
Yamireth Lalin
Supervisor, Superior Court of Accounts, La
Ceiba, and Candidate for the Presidency of the Board of Sambo Creek.
Cousin of Luis Enrique
Illegitimate Assembly in
Sambo Creek, 12/16/2017, with Karla Lalin and Luis Garcia
garifunawebmailgmail.com
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