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Garífuna communities on Honduras' Caribbean coast fighting to reclaim ancestral land face intimidation from drug traffickers and organized-crime charges from the state, two years after a 2024 government land-demarcation mission was abandoned under threats.

An international solidarity delegation called on Honduras to enforce four Inter-American Court of Human Rights rulings favoring Garifuna communities, which have faced long delays in implementation.

A prominent defense lawyer argues that Honduras's justice system treats environmental and land-rights activists like high-risk criminals while showing leniency toward powerful figures, citing the cases of Guapinol and five Garifuna defenders arrested in San Juan.

A study of 19 Garífuna and Lenca communities across four Honduran departments finds they have created their own child-protection mechanisms—including community committees, women's networks, and cultural spaces—to shield children from violence in the absence of effective government services.

Garifuna and indigenous leaders warn that Honduras's new Agroindustrial Law, designed to strengthen property rights and attract investment, risks displacing ancestral communities whose territorial claims and international protections remain unresolved.