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Standard cases
149. The Working Group transmitted three newly reported cases of disappearance to the
Government. The cases concerned José Camilo Miranda Rosas, Jorge Luís
Villalobos Balladares and David Rodrigo Villalobos Balladares. All three were Panamanian
citizens who disappeared in the island of Roatán, in Honduras in June 2006, after being arrested
by agents of the Preventive Police.
Information from the Government
150. The Government provided information on 28 September 2006 on one outstanding case.
The Working Group decided that the government response was not sufficient to clarify the case.
Information from sources
151. No information was received from sources regarding outstanding cases.
Clarification
152. On 1 February 2007, and during the Working Group’s visit to Honduras, information was
received from the Government regarding two outstanding cases. The Government informed the
Working Group that the families of these two victims had received death certificates with
compensation payments. The Working Group decided to apply the six-month rule to the two
above-mentioned cases. Since the information was not contested by the sources, these cases are
now considered clarified.
Request for a visit
153. Following a decision of the Working Group at the seventy-eighth session, a request for a
visit as part of a four-country initiative in Central America was sent to the Government of
Honduras on 23 May 2006. The Government agreed and the Working Group undertook a
mission to Honduras from 31 January to 2 February 2007 (A/HRC/4/41/Add.1).
Press releases
154. Press releases were issued prior to and following the mission to Honduras in January and
February 2007. On the last day of the mission, the Working Group held a press conference in
Honduras, which was well attended by the media.
Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding
155. In previous years and during the year under review, the Working Group has
transmitted 207 cases to the Government; of those, 43 cases have been clarified on the basis of
information provided by the source, 37 cases have been clarified on the basis of information
provided by the Government and 127 cases remain outstanding.
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