Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
The Honduran government has condemned the death of environmental leaders in a statement Félix Vásquez and Adán Mejía, as well as the social communicator Pedro Canelas, which took place in the last month, while lamenting the scale and significance that these events represent for the country’s institutions.
The communiqué details that the relevant investigation units have already been ordered not to make efforts in “objective, timely and effective investigations” into these deaths, so that Secretary of SecurityHe says he has conducted advanced investigations to find those responsible for these crimes.
The leader of the Tolupán ethnic group, Adán Mejía, was shot dead by unknown people on Tuesday, while working on a farm located in the municipality of Morazán, in central Honduras, three days after the assassination of the peasant leader of the Lenca ethnic group, Félix Vázquez. As it turned out, those who took the life of Vázquez, a pre-candidate for the position of deputy for the Partido Libertad and Refundación (Free), who lived in the department of La Paz, were blocked.
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On December 19, Pedro Canelas, the owner of Radio Bamby, died violently in the town of Dulce Nombre de Culmí, in the department of Olancho. According to reports, he was shot by an unknown person who was riding a motorcycle. Canelas, originally from Gualaco, did not die at the scene of the attack, as he was taken to a health center after the shooting, where he expired a few minutes later.
Locate those responsible
“The commitment to ensure that these cases do not go unpunished is ratified, so that all investigations will continue to be supported so that those responsible receive the full weight of the law and move forward in finding solutions to structural causes that pose a risk to defenders. human rights “, adds the public writing of the Executive Branch.
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The government promised to “improve the current shortcomings around the protection mechanism for human rights defenders, journalists, social communicators and justice workers, so that they can operate in a safe, non-threatening environment.”
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández called on the National Protection Council to hold a special session to analyze the situation and prepare recommendations for improving the implementation of the National Protection System, with a commitment to support these recommendations to guarantee the full exercise of the rights and freedoms recognized in these to each person.