"IACHR Condemns Murder of Indigenous Tolupan Precautionary Measure Beneficiary and his Son in Honduras", 1 of March 2019

…The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the murder of Salomón Matute and his son Juan Samael Matute, both Tolupan indigenous persons who belonged to the San Francisco Locomapa tribe and the Broad Movement for Dignity and Justice (MADJ, by its Spanish acronym), in the Yoro department…In Resolution 12/2013, the Commission said that several members of MADJ including Salomón Matute were in serious danger. The IACHR therefore asked the State of Honduras to adopt any measures necessary to protect their lives and personal integrity and to investigate the sources of such danger, among other aspects. Once precautionary measures have been granted and the State has been notified of a situation of risk, the State has a special duty to protect beneficiaries…According to public reports, Salomón Matute and his son Juan Samael Matute died of gunshot wounds on February 25, 2019…The Commission asks the Honduran State to investigate with due diligence the deaths of indigenous leaders, including lines of investigation that assess the hypothesis that the crime may have been motivated by their activities as human rights defenders...