[1][2][3] Medardo Flores, who was 62 years old when he was murdered, lived on his farm near Puerto Cortes, where according to The Tico Times, he was a farmer and rancher.
[9] On September 8, 2011, Medardo Flores was shot dead when he drove between his farm and the city through the sector known as the Río Blanquito neighborhood in the community of Bijao, Puerto Cortés and into an ambush.
[9] At the time Flores was murdered, Honduras was in the process of seeking readmission into the Organization of American States, and press freedom analysts from Reporters Without Borders (RSF) thought that such civil rights violations would complicate the path set out in the Cartagena accords.
[11] The official investigations of these crimes have not aided in the determination of a motive, leading the chairman of the IAPA's Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information Robert Rivard to strongly urge authorities to solve and punish those responsible for the murders on journalists since 2007.
These crimes must be investigated and their perpetrators must be brought to justice for the sake of freedom of expression, a fundamental human right, and press foundations of democracy and rule of law.