Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
The government of Honduras condemned the deaths of environmental leaders through a statement Félix Vásquez and Adán Mejía, as well as the social communicator Pedro Canelas, which took place over the past month, but deplored the scale and importance these events represent to the country’s institutional framework.
The communiqué states that the corresponding investigative units have already been instructed to do everything in their power to spare “objective, timely and effective investigations” on these deaths. Security SecretaryHe confirms that he has advanced investigations to find those responsible for these crimes.
The leader of the Tolupán Adán Mejía ethnic group was shot dead by strangers on Tuesday while working on a farm in the municipality of Morazán, central Honduras, three days after the murder of the Lenca ethnic group’s farmer leader, Félix Vázquez. It was learned that those who took Vázquez, a pre-candidate for deputy for the Partido Libertad y Refundación (free), who lived in the department of La Paz, were taken to death.
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On December 19, Pedro Canelas, owner of Radio Bamby, died violently in the municipality of Dulce Nombre de Culmí, in the Olancho department. According to information, he was shot by an unknown person riding a motorcycle. Originally from Gualaco, Canelas did not die at the scene of the attack, as he was taken to a health center after the shooting where he died a little later.
Find those responsible
“The commitment to ensure that these cases do not go unpunished is reinforced, so that all investigations continue to be supported, so that those responsible get the full weight of the law and make progress in seeking solutions to the structural causes that cause them. for those who defend human rights, ”adds the executive’s public letter.
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The government pledged to “improve the current shortcomings around the protection mechanism for human rights defenders, journalists, social communicators and judicial operators so that they can carry out their work in a safe environment without threats.”
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández asked the National Conservation Council to hold an extraordinary session to analyze the situation and prepare recommendations to improve the implementation of the national protection system, with a commitment to support these recommendations to ensure full implementation rights and freedoms recognized herein for all.