Chicago, May 23 (RHC)-- A group of activists from La Voz de Abajo confronted Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton at a fundraising event in Chicago, pointing to one of her darkest moments as United States Secretary of State: the 2009 coup in Honduras.

The group said in a statement: “We are here today to hold Secretary Clinton accountable for her role in setting U.S. policy toward Honduras that legitimized and extended the 2009 coup that weakened institutionality, increased militarization, and unleashed violence and human rights abuses in every sphere of life, leading thousands of Hondurans to flee their country."

La Voz de Abajo is a collective of human rights activists campaigning against the dire human rights situation in Honduras.   Members chanted "Honduras’ blood is on your hands" at the event.

Hillary Clinton supported a military coup d'etat that resulted in the ouster of democratically-elected Leftist leader Manuel Zelaya.  Since then, violence perpetrated by the coup government and "death squads it shelters and nurtures against those opposed to the coup has piled up hundreds of deaths including Indigenous environmentalist and social justice activist Berta Caceres on March 3rd this year."