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

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, following the

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References

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