Napoleón Nazar Herrera (pronounced: Nassar) is a Honduran military officer who worked in the controversial Battalion 3–16 [1] [2] who successively became leader of the General Department of Criminal Investigation (DGIC), [3] high Commissioner of Police for the north-west region in the Manuel Zelaya government, [2] and one of the Secretary of Security's spokespeople in the de facto government of Roberto Micheletti. [4] [5]
As of late 2005, during the Ricardo Maduro presidency, Nazar was leader of the General Department of Criminal Investigation (DGIC). [3] On 5 June 2005, agents from the DGIC put a community leader who had been stabbed and wounded on his face, neck, back, sides and hands by paramilitaries, Feliciano Pineda, into chains and imprisoned him in Gracias. [3]
During the Manuel Zelaya presidency, Nazar was high Commissioner of Police for the north-west region. [1] [2]
In the government of Roberto Micheletti following the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis, Nazar became one of the Secretary of Security's spokespeople for communicating with protestors ((in Spanish): uno de los designados por la Secretaría de Seguridad para el diálogo). [4] Following police violence against thousands of demonstrators from the Copán and Santa Bárbara regions campaigning on 17 July 2009 for a new law about mineral resources, Nazar stated that for anyone who felt aggrieved, prosecutors and human rights exist. [5]