Leo Finley, 28, Missing From Roatan Since Christmas Morning

We don't have much to go on yet. Please stay tuned and contact your congresspeople to seek quick U.S. State Department involvement.

Reasons for Hope

The Missing Americans Project has not yet had a happy ending, if "happy ending" means finding our loved ones alive and well. However, each time someone goes missing it seems we learn about them or they about us a bit sooner. Resources are brought to bear. A bit of wheel-reinvention is made unnecessary.

Only more time and tears will get us to our first real happy ending. Please take a moment to stop by the project web community and get acquainted with the missing people and the families behind it. Awareness is the key to bringing about change.

Concerned About Missing Americans? Join the Missing Americans Project

The family of Joe Dunsavage, missing in Honduras since May 2009, has launched The Missing Americans Project, an online community for the families and friends of missing Americans to share their stories and ideas for improving a search & rescue/investigative infrastructure that is broken to non-existent. Please stop by and show your support.

Best regards,
Jeff Dunsavage

Omar Yovany Banegas - New Missing Person in Honduras

A new name - Omar Yovany Banegas - has been added to the Missing Americans list on the U.S. Embassy in Honduras's website. Omar disappeared in Feburary, but I guess his family finally found the site and asked to have him put on it (State Dept. doesn't offer up such sensitive information unsolicited)...if anyone knows Omar's family, please tell them the Dunsavages would like to connect and help if we can.

Happy Birthday Joe, wherever you are.

J Dunsavage SAR Fund Has Been Changed

Someone tried to rip off the J Dunsavage SAR fund. Since the account has been compromised, it is now closed.

Please send all future donations in support of the search for Joe Dunsavage to:

The Natalee Holloway Foundation

PO Box 4363

Meridian, MS 39304

Fed Tax ID: 20-4097157

The Dunsavage family is working directly with the Holloways. All donations sent to the Holloway Foundation are tax deductible.

Petition to U.S. President Obama re Honduras

Please sign this petition asking President Obama to change his position and stop supporting the reinstatement of former Honduran president Mel Zelaya. Help the Honduran people preserve and build upon their democracy. Support the HN Congress, Supreme Court, and military - they acted correctly according to the HN Consitution and should be praised, not punished.

Peace Corps Honduras Blog

This is a great read so please peruse at your leisure.

Per Jeff Dunsavage's facebook page ...

Peace Corps Journals "gets it". This from Peace Corps Honduras blog:

"Zelaya doesn’t seem to have many political allies inside Honduras, just a group of angry supporters in Teguc. Here in Washington, DC, a crowd of his supporters held a rally yesterday at which the current ambassador, a Zelaya appointee spoke, though he seems to have been won over by the other side."

U.S. Department of State - Honduras Travel Alert

This information is current as of today, Wed Jul 01 2009 12:16:52 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time).

The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the current unstable political and security situation in Honduras, and recommends that American citizens defer all non-essential travel to Honduras until further notice. This Travel Alert expires on July 29, 2009.

Please click on above link for full article ...

Examiner: US citizens advised to delay summer vacation travel to Honduras

Travelers planning summer vacations in Honduras for scuba diving, surfing or visiting Mayan ruins are strongly encouraged to change their plans. Due to Sunday’s military coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya and sent him into exile, the United States Department of State issued a travel alert to American citizens on June 29, 2009 warning against unnecessary travel to Honduras. The State Department alert specifically states:

“The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the current unstable political and security situation in Honduras, and recommends that American citizens defer all non-essential travel to Honduras until further notice. This Travel Alert expires on July 29, 2009.”

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NYTimes: Honduras Travel Ban

The State Department issued a travel alert on Monday recommending that American citizens defer all non-essential travel to Honduras following the military ousting of President Manuel Zelaya in a coup on Sunday.

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