Edna Carolina Echeverría Haylock ( in Gracias a Dios DepartmentDiversos sectores condenan crimen de la exdiputada Carolina Echeverría, in La Prensa; published July 26, 2021; retrieved February 2, 2026— July 25, 2021 in Tegucigalpa) was a Honduran politician.
A member of the Partido Liberal de Honduras, Echeverría represented Gracias a Dios Department in the National Congress of Honduras from 2006 to 2010, and was assassinated in 2021 while running for a second term.
The assassination took place at her home in the Tegucigalpa neighborhood of Lomas de Mayab;En prisión seguirá implicado en crimen de la exdiputada Carolina Echeverría, in La Prensa; published February 28, 2024; retrieved February 2, 2026 the killers gained access by posing as medical personnel and saying that they had come for COVID-19-related reasons.Acusan a más vinculados en el crimen contra exdiputada Carolina Haylock, at La Prensa; published December 11, 2023; retrieved February 2, 2026 Radio America reported that a price of a million Honduran lempiras was paid in connection with the killing.Juicio por asesinato de exdiputada Carolina Echeverría será el próximo 26 de septiembre; at Radio America; published July 26, 2022; retrieved February 2, 2026
As of December 2023, three people had been charged with involvement in her murder, and two had been convicted.
Family Echeverría's daughter is Erika Urtecho, who took her place on the ballot after the assassinationHija de Carolina Echeverría se perfila como ganadora de diputación, in La Prensa; published December 4, 2021; retrieved February 2, 2026 and was elected.
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