Honduras,142 indicated that on November 12, 1997, Orlando Martínez confessed to him that Miguel Facussé had given money to two congressmen – Juan Ramón Salgado and Salomón Martínez – who in turn paid Oscar Sosa to kill Carlos Escaleras.143 He claimed that Oscar Sosa and another attorney from Mr. Facussé’s company, Irene Castro, paid Orlando Martínez to carry out the murder, which was committed by Leodán aka ‘Guatuso’, Oscar Escobar, and another person. He stated that “they [were] angry with Escaleras because he had ruined a business deal for the congressmen and [for] Col. Aldana and [for] Mr. Facussé.”144 He said that business deal involved “an oil factory they were going to build in Tocoa and Escaleras mobilized the people and prevented them from building the plant [and] reportedly they lost more than two million lempiras.”145 97. Mr. García Alfaro reiterated his statement given to the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras to the DGIC on December 3, 2000. 146 In addition, in the expansion of his statement, he stated that Orlando Martínez also confessed to him that on the day of Carlos Escaleras’s death, he told the full story to Mr. Narciso Castro.147 He said that Orlando Martínez told him that the congressmen received a check from Facussé.148 He stated that hours after telling him about the death of Carlos Escaleras, Mr. Martínez was killed.149 He further claimed that Oscar Sosa had Orlando Martínez killed “because he was ´talking´.”150 98. In a later statement he said that Salomón Martínez’s attorney had visited him repeatedly at the prison where he was being held, and told him that “if (…) he gave that statement, what he (…) would get is a conviction because (…) he was the only poor person involved in the problem and everyone else had money.”151 He reported that during a second visit, he was offered “scholarships for the children and (…) a monthly payment for [his] wife (…) and private defense counsel in exchange for (…) not [giving] that statement.”152 99. On November 21, 2000, the Escaleras family, its legal representative, and the Coordinating Committee of Peoples’ Organizations of Aguán (COPA) wrote to the Attorney General of the Republic to remind him that he had agreed to appoint an ad hoc prosecutor to take charge of the proceedings. 153 They 142 Annex 23. Statement of Lucas García Alfaro, dated November 15, 2000, judicial case file, pp. 291-296, annexed to the initial petition of January 14, 2002. 143 Annex 23. Statement of Lucas García Alfaro, dated November 15, 2000, judicial case file, pp. 291-296, annexed to the initial petition of January 14, 2002. 144 Annex 23. Statement of Lucas García Alfaro, dated November 15, 2000, judicial case file, pp. 291-296, annexed to the initial petition of January 14, 2002. 145 Annex 23. Statement of Lucas García Alfaro, dated November 15, 2000, judicial case file, pp. 291-296, annexed to the initial petition of January 14, 2002. 146 Annex 23. Statement of Lucas García Alfaro, dated December 3, 2000, judicial case file, p. 321, annexed to the initial petition of January 14, 2002. 147 Annex 63. Expansion of statement of Lucas García Alfaro, dated December 12, 2000, judicial case file, pp. 339-340, annexed to the initial petition of January 14, 2002. 148 Annex 63. Expansion of statement of Lucas García Alfaro, dated December 12, 2000, judicial case file, pp. 339-340, annexed to the initial petition of January 14, 2002. 149 Annex 63. Expansion of statement of Lucas García Alfaro, dated December 12, 2000, judicial case file, pp. 339-340, annexed to the initial petition of January 14, 2002. 150 Annex 63. Expansion of statement of Lucas García Alfaro, dated December 12, 2000, judicial case file, pp. 339-340, annexed to the initial petition of January 14, 2002. 151 Annex 64. Statement of Lucas García Alfaro, dated February 7, 2000, judicial case file, pp. 387-388, annexed to the initial petition of January 14, 2002. 152 Annex 64. Statement of Lucas García Alfaro, dated February 7, 2000, judicial case file, pp. 387-388, annexed to the initial petition of January 14, 2002. 153 Annex 65. Letter to the Attorney General of the Republic, dated November 21, 2000, Annex 2 to petitioners’ submission of August 6, 2005. 19