David Romero Ellner

David Romero is a Honduran journalist, former congressman. In 2004 he was sentenced to ten years in prison for raping his daughter.

Background

Romero Ellner is the grandson of Jewish immigrant from Czechoslovakia.[1]

Politician

Romero Ellner was a leader of the Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria (MRI, Revolutionary Left Movement).[2]

Romero Ellner was formerly a Liberal party congressman.

Rape conviction

Romero Ellner was charged with raping his daughter.[3] On 30 July 2002 Romero Ellner was stripped of his parliamentary immunity.[4]

He pleaded guilty to raping his daughter, following a plea bargain, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2004.[5]

Anti Jewish outburst

In 2009, after Zelaya's comments that "Israeli mercenaries" were torturing him with toxic gases and radiation that alter his physical and mental state, Romero Ellner accused Jews of being a problem in Honduras and also said to his radio listeners that "I believe it should have been fair and valid to let Hitler finish his historic vision". He accused Jews of being a problem in Honduras and also spoke in favour of the Holocaust to his radio listeners.[6][7] Zelaya stated in response, "I condemn that kind of racism and discrimination. I don't share that point of view."[1] The Association of Descendants of Sephardic Jews in Honduras issued a public statement against Romero Ellner.[8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Schmidt, Blake (2009-10-08). "Zelaya Condemns Radio Host's Comments on Holocaust". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
  2. ↑ Los hechos hablan por sí mismos: informe preliminar sobre los desaparecidos. Honduras. Comisionado Nacional de los Derechos Humanos. p. 39
  3. ↑ "2003 dejó tres diputados presos y otro prófugo". La Prensa. Archived from the original on 2009-12-09.
  4. ↑ "SEMANA DEL 30 AL 1 DE AGOSTO DEL 2002". El Centro de Investigación y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos. Archived from the original on 2009-12-19.
  5. ↑ "Condenan a diputado por violar a su hija". El Nuevo Diario. 5 April 2004.
  6. ↑ "Rodas inventa ataques contra embajada". El Heraldo. 2009-10-09. Archived from the original on 2009-12-09.
  7. ↑ "Jews As Scapegoats in the Honduras Political Stalemate". Anti-Defamation League. Archived from the original on 2009-12-09.
  8. ↑ "Enérgica protesta judía contra resistencia - Declaraciones de periodista zelayista son racistas y criminales". El Heraldo.