Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I had to speak in the House of Commons so I wasn't here during your initial presentation, but I've read your report and know of your work.
I want to address something that you brought up when I came for the Qs and As. You mentioned that the plight of human rights defenders should be a priority on our agenda. Indeed we set up this subcommittee hearing on Honduras, as we described in the preamble to our decision to establish this hearing, because two prominent lawyers and human rights defenders, Antonio Trejo and Manuel Díaz Mazariegos, had been assassinated in Honduras in recent days, and 76 lawyers had been murdered over the last three years.
We know that since we've established a committee, tragically enough, and I understand you mentioned this is in your remarks, in February 2013, José Trejo, the brother of Antonio, was shot and killed the day after he had a meeting with Honduras officials in order to enquire into the situation of his brother's death.
What do we know about the investigation into his particular killing? What do we know about any independent or effective investigation into the killing of the 74 other lawyers in Honduras?