Nelson Willy Mejía Mejía is a Honduran military officer who worked in the controversial Battalion 3-16 and government employee who is currently Director-General of Immigration.

Military career

Nelson Willy Mejía Mejía was one of the at least 19 members of the

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Intelligence Battalion 3-16 who trained at the School of the Americas (SOA) in the

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. He was also an instructor at the SOA. The

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COFADEH stated that during the 1980s, Nelson Willy Mejía Mejía was responsible for "7 thousand profiles" of persecuted Hondurans who later

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. In February 1998, a judge in Honduras seized Battalion 3-16 files for use in a trial against Nelson Willy Mejía Mejía.

Civil career

Nelson Willy Mejía Mejía was appointed Director-General of Immigration in the interim government of

Roberto Micheletti Roberto Micheletti Baín (born 13 August 1943) is a Honduran politician who served as the interim ''de facto'' president of Honduras from 28 June 2009 to 27 January 2010 as a result of the 2009 Honduran coup d'état. The Honduran military ou ...

, following the

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References

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