Honduras LGBT activist Rene Martinez murdered

While not confined to this country by any means, the LGBTI community continues to suffer discrimination and violence in post-coup Honduras. On June 1st, prominent LGBT activist Rene Martinez disappeared. His remains were found two days later. Martinez was president of Comunidad Gay Sampedrana, a San Pedro Sula-based LGBT advocacy group.

“A leader in the LGBTI community in San Pedro Sula and a rising political figure in Honduras, his death comes as a great shock,” said the U.S. Embassy in Honduras in a statement it released shortly after news of Martínez’s murder broke. “We offer our condolences to his friends and family, and expect a full and thorough investigation into the circumstances of his death.”

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The Embassy in its statement said the U.S. “has already offered our assistance to Honduran authorities working to bring justice in this case.” Trudeau on Monday reiterated this point to the Blade without providing specific information.

“We have actually in fact already offered our assistance to the Honduran authorities to bring justice in this case,” she said.