David Romero Ellner is a Honduran journalist, former congressman. In 2004 he was sentenced to ten years in prison for raping his daughter.

Politician

Romero Ellner was a leader of the Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria (MRI, Revolutionary Left Movement).

Romero Ellner was formerly a Liberal party congressman

National Congress of Honduras

The National Congress is the legislative branch of the government of Honduras.The Honduran Congress is a unicameral legislature. The current President of the National Congress of Honduras is Juan Orlando Hernández. Its members are 128 deputies, who are elected on a proportional representation...

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Rape conviction

Romero Ellner was charged with raping his daughter. On 30 July 2002 Romero Ellner was stripped of his parliamentary immunity

Parliamentary immunity

Parliamentary immunity, also known as legislative immunity, is a system in which members of the parliament or legislature are granted partial immunity from prosecution. Before prosecuting, it is necessary that the immunity be removed, usually by a superior court of justice or by the parliament itself...

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He pleaded guilty to raping his daughter, following a plea bargain, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2004.

Anti Jewish outburst

In 2009, after Zelaya's comments that "Israeli mercenaries" were torturing him with toxic gases and radiation that alter his physical and mental state, Romero Ellner accused Jews of being a problem in Honduras and also said to his radio listeners that "I believe it should have been fair and valid to let Hitler finish his historic vision". He accused Jews of being a problem in Honduras and also spoke in favour of the Holocaust to his radio listeners. Zelaya stated in response, "I condemn that kind of racism

Racism

Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. In the modern English language, the term "racism" is used predominantly as a pejorative epithet. It is applied especially to the practice or advocacy of racial discrimination of a pernicious nature...

and discrimination. I don't share that point of view." The Association of Descendants of Sephardic Jews in Honduras issued a public statement against Romero Ellner.