Many years ago, being parish priest of San Francisco de la Paz, Father Andres Tamayo had begun to warn the Honduran government of the danger for water and life of the population the indiscriminate felling of forests Olancho, the largest in the country. According to calculations from environmentalists in Olancho, the irrational exploitation of the wood has generated no more and no less than 45 billion dollars over the past 20 years, becoming trees in a real gold mine for the few families who handle this business with the protection of the Honduran state.
At first, the words of Father Andres Tamayo was the was the wind. His sermons were listened to very attentively by the people of his parish, but for public authorities his voice echoing in the wilderness. Over time, that voice was furrows in the minds of his parishioners in other parishes and small and emerging environmental groups. Their messages in forest defense made the first public dimension with the election of Carlos Luna as municipal councilor in the municipality of Catacamas, always in Olancho.
The urgency to save the forest moon reached with the municipal agenda. The consequences were swift: in May 1998, Carlos Luna was killed by loggers. The murderers were ordered direct materials and precise in-law of then President of Congress, linked to the bottom in the lucrative business
wood.