merchants connected to the Quebrada de Catacamas,50 had stated that if he went to the mountains, “he would come back dead.”51 32. According to testimony rendered in the domestic proceeding on May 13, 1998, at approximately 10:00 pm, Mr. Luna López was returning from Gualaco after working with a commission when Jorge Chávez pointed a gun at him.52 33. On May 14, 1998, Mr. Luna López made a telephone call to the Committee of Families of the Detained-Disappeared in Honduras (hereinafter, “COFADEH”) to report a “plan to murder him” and gave the names of those likely to be responsible. The COFADEH officials asked Mr. Luna López to go to their office to give a press conference and to try to speak to the President of the Congress in an effort to prevent what was being planned in Catacamas; however, due to Mr. Luna López’s work commitments, the conference was scheduled for May 20, 1998.53 34. Additionally, on May 15, 1998, according to witness statements, Mr. Jorge Chávez told Congressman Miguel Rafael Madrid López, a cousin of Mr. Luna López, that Carlos Luna “did not kno[w] who he was dealing with, that [he had] confiscated a large quantity of lumber, [that] he did not have “horchata” running in his veins (i.e. he could not be pushed around) [and that he was] ex-soldier.”54 35. For his part, according to a statement, on Monday, May 18, Mr. Luna López told his wife, Rosa Margarita Valle Hernández, that he knew that “they were paying fifty thousand lempiras to kill [him]” and that someone was following him.55 36. Also according to testimony from both the Mayor of Catacamas, Alejandro Fredy Salgado Cardona, and from other members of the Catacamas City Council, they were aware of the death threats received by Mr. Luna López before he was killed.56 50 Cf. Articles of Incorporation of the Agro-forestry Group Quebrada de Catacamas (File of attachments to the State’s answer brief, pages 5350-5354). 51 Cf. Statement of Rosa Margarita Valle Hernández rendered on August 24, 1998 (File of attachments to the State’s answer brief, page 5080); witness statement of Carlos Antonio Luna Valle rendered on August 26, 1998 (File of attachments to the State’s response, page 5092) and statement of César Augusto Luna Valle rendered on August 27, 1998 (File of attachments to the State’s answer brief, page 5097). 52 Cf. Statement of Inés Verónica Mejía Herrera rendered on July 16, 1998 (File of attachments to the State’s answer brief, page 5030). 53 Cf. Statement of Berta Otilia Olivia Guifarro before the First Instance Criminal Court of Francisco Morazán Province rendered on April 22, 2002 (File of attachments to the State’s response, page 5803). In this statement she mentioned the names of Jorge Chávez, Pineda Ponce, Lincoln Figueroa and Mayor Salgado. 54 Cf. Statements rendered before the Civil Court of Catacamas, specifically: statement of Miguel Rafael Madrid López rendered on May 9, 2001 (File of attachments to the State’s response, page 5576); statement of Mariana Lubina López de Luna rendered on October 15, 1998 (File of attachments to the State’s response, page 5146), and confrontation hearing between Messrs. Miguel Rafael Madrid López and Jorge Chávez Hernández held on November 9, 2001 (File of attachments to the State’s response, page 5732). 55 Cf. Statements rendered before the Civil Court of Catacamas, specifically: testimony of Margarita Valle Hernández rendered on August 24, 1998 (File of attachments to the State’s response, page 5080); testimony of César Augusto Luna Valle rendered on August 27, 1998 (File of attachments to the State’s response, page 5100); testimony of Salvador de Jesús Ortiz Medina rendered on June 25, 1998 (File of attachments to the State’s response, page 5009); testimony of Eracles Javier Escobar rendered on March 8, 2000 (File of attachments to the State’s response, page 5335), and confrontation hearing between Messrs. Fredy Noel Salgado Mejía and Eracles Javier Escobar (File of attachments to the State’s response, page 5483). Also, testimony rendered before the Criminal Investigation Division, specifically: statement of César Augusto Luna Valle rendered on June 12, 1998 (File of attachments to the State’s final pleadings brief, page 9533); statement of Doris Liliana Herrera Asencio rendered on May 21, 1998 (File of attachments to the State’s final written arguments, page 9542); statement of Eliseo Oviedo rendered on May 22, 1998 (File of attachments to the State’s final written arguments, pages 9561 and 9562). 15