In the case of the Horman family versus the United States of America:

Please let the record show that the body of Charles Horman was found entombed following allegations that he was murdered by members of the Provisional Government supported by the United States of America. This Provisional Government detained, tortured and executed Mr. Horman with the consent and cooperation of the United States officials involved in the creation of the Provisional Government.

Much of the evidence has been destroyed, and even the body was shipped back to the United States in a manner that made autopsy nearly impossible. The Horman family was faced with numerous obstacles in their quest for answers, with the State Department failing to provide the protection and security guaranteed to every American, at home and abroad. It is my intention to show that this failure was a deliberate and systematic breach of justice and not a string of incompetence representing the best argument the defense brings to deny culpability.

Charles Horman was witnessed by many of the people involved with the coup asking questions and taking notes. He was able to link the US personnel that were working behind the scenes to launch the coup and establish the Provisional Government. He was taken away in the middle of the night by members of the Provisional Government, and his whereabouts were not disclosed to his wife or later to his father. His only crime was his ability to act as verification for acts undertaken by the United States Government that they wanted deniability for. Charles Horman was a liability to the US Government, not to the Provisionals. As a US Citizen, the Provisional Government would not have dared to execute him without the express permission and consent of the US officials that were backing their bid for power.

Charles Horman was nothing to the Provisional Government. They had no reason to detain him, torture him, or execute him. The only party that would benefit from Horman’s death was, in fact, the US State Department and their covert operations team. They are criminally liable for collusion to murder a US Citizen, a first degree criminal offense.

In addition to conspiring to murder Horman, the State Department deliberately created confusion and set up roadblocks to prevent the Horman family from being able to discover what happened to Charles Horman. They were told that he was “probably in hiding”, when he was, in fact, executed three days after his arrest. They allowed his wife and his father to continue clinging to the hope that he was alive, rather than giving them closure by releasing his body for burial. Instead, they held his remains until no possibility of autopsy existed, and allowed the family to endure unknown pain during the months of waiting.

The U.S. Government owes the Horman family and all American citizens more than an apology for what has happened here. They have failed in their duty to the American public, they have failed the Horman’s, and worse, they have deliberately damaged our ability to believe in our government.