The ITUC wants to express its profound dismay and indignation about the murder on 29 April of Carlos Enrique Cruz Hernández at his workplace, the agricultural concern FINCA Chikasaw El Peligro. Mr Cruz Hernández was employed by the company Bandegua and was a member of the Izabal banana workers’ union SITRABI. The concern is owned by Compañía de Desarrollo Bananero de Guatemala (Guatemala Banana Growers’ Company – BANDEGUA), a subsidiary of the company Del Monte, which is in charge of a whole range of banana growers in Guatemala that have violated human rights for decades.