Almendares

Almendares, 32, a furniture delivery man who lives in Virginia, said he is a legal resident with a work permit.

Man sentenced for posing as ICE agent, scamming immigrants Post 2010

"I don't believe him," William Almendares, one of the victims, said after the hearing.

Man sentenced for posing as ICE agent, scamming immigrants Post 2010

Almendares, 32, a furniture delivery man who lives in Virginia, said he is a legal resident with a work permit.

Man sentenced for posing as ICE agent, scamming immigrants Post 2010

"He looked for real," said Almendares, who is out $4,000.

Man sentenced for posing as ICE agent, scamming immigrants Post 2010

"I don't believe him," William Almendares, one of the victims, said after the hearing.

Man sentenced for posing as ICE agent, scamming immigrants Post 2010

"He looked for real," said Almendares, who is out $4,000.

Man sentenced for posing as ICE agent, scamming immigrants Post 2010

"The Honduran people want to change the essence of the Constitution, and they've wanted this for a long time," says Almendares, who is also a central figure in the powerful but pacifist National Front of the Popular Resistance (FNRP), which arose in response to the military-backed coup, and the martial law and repression that followed.

Jeremy Kryt: Honduras: Lost or 'Re-founded'? 2010

The date of June 28, says Almendares, was chosen because it will mark the one-year anniversary of the military-backed coup that toppled democratically-elected president Manuel Zelaya.

Jeremy Kryt: Honduras: Lost or 'Re-founded'? 2010

"The people don't want these kinds of representatives in the Congress," says Almendares.

Jeremy Kryt: Honduras: Lost or 'Re-founded'? 2010

Almendares - who has directed research programs at Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania, and won awards from Oxfam and the Barbara Chester Foundation - also runs a free clinic in the Honduran capital.

Jeremy Kryt: Honduras: Lost or 'Re-founded'? 2010